Tool Polygon Shape Indices

Various indices describing the shape of polygons, mostly based on area, perimeter, maximum distance between the vertices of a polygon. E.g. the 'interior edge ratio' (= perimeter / area) or the 'shape index' (= perimeter / (2 * square root(pi * area))).

References

Lang, S. & Blaschke, T. (2007): Landschaftsanalyse mit GIS. Stuttgart.
Forman, R.T.T. & Godron, M. (1986): Landscape Ecology. Cambridge.

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2008
Menu: Shapes|Polygons

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Shapes	Shapes (input)	`SHAPES`	-	-
Output	Shape Index (*)	Shapes (optional output)	`INDEX`	-	-
(*) optional

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd shapes_polygons 7 [-SHAPES <str>] [-INDEX <str>]
  -SHAPES:<str>	Shapes
	Shapes (input)
  -INDEX:<str> 	Shape Index
	Shapes (optional output)