I currently rely on a mixture of mailing lists, twitter and a couple of blogs.
What do you use for your GIS media intake, and why?
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I would recommend either Qrule or SIMMAP. The suitability of a given model is dependent on what type of neutral landscape structure you wish to simulate (e.g., edge fractal dimension, mean patch size, juxtaposition, etc...).
Qrule: http://www.umces.edu/al/program/gardner/qrule
SIMMAP: http://www2.montes.upm.es/personales/saura/software.html
I am not sure what tools you are looking for (not sure what do you want to simulate) but there are few programs that deal with landscape indices:
Fragstats - http://www.umass.edu/landeco/research/fragstats/fragstats.html
Patch Analyst - ArcGIS add-on (link to presentation - http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/rsgis/docs/Fragmentaiton.pdf)
GRASS GIS have a module for this- r.le or r.li.
SAGA GIS may have some tools, depending what indices you want to calculate (http://www.saga-gis.org/en/index.html).
LandFrag - is something you may have a look at as well (http://placeways.com/products/landfragtool.php)
Placeways does have also software that allows for more extensive calculation, so have look at theirs site.
Having spent some time recently talking with teaching staff regarding new GIS students one of the things that most students seem to be lacking is a sound understanding of database theory and data storage and management practices.
I realize it is not a glamorous subject, but a good grounding in database theory will go a long way towards reducing errors in the design and implementation of geodatabases which can be the bane of many projects.
To that end I would recommend the two papers which I believe provide an excellent grounding in data modelling and database design:
Of course these two papers are built on the work of the great Ted Codd, to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude. And every student should learn the oath:
Every non-key attribute must provide a fact about the key, the whole key, and nothing but the key, so help me Codd
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