Landscape Structure Analysis Using the Landscape Patch Analysis Toolset in GRASS GIS

Tutorial Methods

Starting up GRASS GIS and Setting up the Database

Launch GRASS GIS 7.6.1.

If you are starting GRASS GIS for the first time on your computer you may see a notice appear addressing this. Select "OK" when you have read it.

GRASS requires that a database be created where files can be stored in a GRASS-specific hierarchy formats. The GRASS GIS 7.6.1 Startup window prompts you to set up a database directory.

In the first section, create and browse to a folder called "GRASS_GIS".

In the second section, create a new location by selecting "New" and name the location "Landscape". Select "Next".

The data in this location will all use the same spatial reference system; which you specify in the this window. Choose the option "Read projection and datum terms from a georeferenced data file". Select "Next" and in this window navigate to the location where the Landscape Patch Analysis data you downloaded is saved. Select the ***********classified_landscape********** file. Select "Next", then "Finish". Select "Yes" when prompted as to whether the selected layer should be imported into the database.

In the GRASS GIS 7.6.1 Startup window, single-click the "Landscape" location and single-click on "PERMANENT" in the third section.

Select "Start GRASS session".