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(GISCAME is a software platform that enables to assess the impact of land use strategies and alternative land use pattern at meso-scale and might be helpful to scale up results from forest DSS.)
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|Name=GISCAME (former: Pimp your landscape)
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|Acronym=GISCAME
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|Responsible organisation=ZEF C: Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management
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|Type of the owner organization=research institution
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|Institutional framework=other
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|Contact person for the Wiki=Christine Fürst
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|Contact e-mail for the Wiki=cfuerst@uni-bonn.de
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|Contact person for the DSS=Christine Fürst
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|Contact e-mail for the DSS=http://www.zef.de/staff/1162.html
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|Additional information=GISCAME is a software platform which is developed since 2007 in a number of 7 German and EU projects and 3 PhD thesis for supporting regional planning and development processes in a science-industry cooperation (SME partner: PiSolution GmbH – source code holder; scientific concept IPR: C. Fürst, now ZEF-C, University of Bonn).
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|Description=The application area of GISCAME is to assess the impact of land cover and land use change scenarios on planning objectives, which can be expressed by ecosystem services or other, to a higher or lower degree aggregated target figures, such as land use functions or sustainability criteria. As a result, alternative land-use scenarios can be visualized and the platform provides a visual feed-back on their impact on the balance of the selected target figures. Currently, the system is applicable for regions up to 10,000 km², which can be divided into so called “working windows” (standard: 100 km²; other dimensions can be defined individually) to support the visualization of land-use pattern and infrastructural details at mesoscale. 
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|Has full name=GISCAME (former: Pimp your landscape - PYL)
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Considering the technical background, GISCAME is a combination of a cellular automaton technology with GIS features and a multicriteria assessment framework for which standardized routines are available in the graphical user interface.
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|Has wiki contact person=Christine Fürst
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|Has wiki contact e-mail=cfuerst@uni-bonn.de
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|Modelling dimension=Economical indicators, Ecological indicators
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|Temporal scale=long term (strategic)
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|Spatial context=spatial with neighbourhood interrelations
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|Spatial scale=regional/national level
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|Objectives dimension=multiple objectives
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|Goods and services dimension=market non-wood products, market wood products, market services, non-market services
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|Forest management goal=biodiversity evaluation, biomass estimation, carbon sequestration, climate change impact, conservation, economic evaluation, landscape quality, non-wood production, soil erosion, water quality, wildlife habitat, wood supply planning, multi-functional, user defined
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|Supported tree species=oriented on forest types, not for specific species
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|Supported silvicultural regime=user defined
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|Decision making dimension=more than one decision maker/stakeholder
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|Participatory planning tasks supported=defining the problem, exploring options, evaluating options
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|Additional information=Supporting interactive scenario building and feed-back processes in decision making
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|Typical use case=Assessment of alternative land use options in the course of regional (development) planning (spatial planning).  
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|Has software=PYL.Software
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|User profile=other
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|Country=Germany
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|Number of users=>100
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|Number of real-life applications=<=30
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|Utilisation in education: kind of utilisation (demo, use)=used by students
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|Utilisation in research projects: references=(3) Fürst, C., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (acc.): Multi-criteria assessment of the effects of integrated land-use strategies on the provision of Ecosystem Services on regional scale, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, SI RegioResources 21. (9) Fürst, C., Lorz, C., Makeschin, F. (2011): Integrating land management aspects into an assess-ment of the impact of land cover changes on Ecosystem Services, International Journal of Biodi-versity Science, Ecosystem Services Management. 7(3), 168-181. DOI:10.1080/21513732.2011.611119. (10) Fürst, C., Pietzsch, K., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (2012): How to better consider sectoral planning information in regional planning - example afforestation and conversion. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2012, 1-29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.630067. (13) Fürst, C., Vacik, H., Lorz, C., Potocic, N., Krajter, S., Vuletic, D., Makeschin, F. (2010): How to support forest management in a world of change? Results of some regional studies, Environmental Management 46(6), p.941-952. (14) Fürst, C., König, H., Pietzsch, K., Ende, H.P., Makeschin, F. (2010): Pimp your landscape - a generic approach for integrating regional stakeholder needs into land use scenario design and sustainable management support, Ecology and Society 15(3): 34, 25 pp. (15) Fürst, C., Volk, M., Pietzsch, K., Makeschin, F. (2010): Pimp your landscape! A tool for qua-litative evaluation of the effects of regional planning measures on ecosystem services, Environmental Management 46(6), p. 953-968.
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|Tool dissemination=see: http://www.giscame.com/giscame/index.html and www.letsmap.de (environmental education version, for free)
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|Additional information=Software is tested and applied within Europe and now extended to South-America and Africa. Main focus is regional / spatial planning at meso-scale.
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Apps are Water Erosion Risk Assessment, Landscape Metrics Analysis, Attribute-Action-Management-System and activated Cellular Automaton (use of transition probabilities instead manual scenario design).
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|Status=used (stable and upgraded/updated recently)
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|Has description=The application area of GISCAME is to assess the impact of land cover and land use change scenarios on planning objectives, which can be expressed by ecosystem services or other, to a higher or lower degree aggregated target figures, such as land use functions or sustainability criteria. As a result, alternative land-use scenarios can be visualized and the platform provides a visual feed-back on their impact on the balance of the selected target figures. Currently, the system is applicable for regions up to 10,000 km², which can be divided into so called “working windows” (standard: 100 km²; other dimensions can be defined individually) to support the visualization of land-use pattern and infrastructural details at mesoscale.
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|Accessibility=restricted access
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|Commercial product=Yes
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Considering the technical background, GISCAME is a combination of a cellular automaton technology with GIS features and a multicriteria assessment framework for which standardized routines are available in the graphical user interface.
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|Deployment cost=<= 1‘000€
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|Has modelling scope=Economical indicators, Ecological indicators
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|Installation requirements=none.
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|Has temporal scale=Long term (strategic)
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|Computational limitations=none.
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|Has spatial context=Spatial with neighbourhood interrelations
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|User support organization=Some automatical features (help) are yet included, the manual is currently in development. Support is provided directly by the developers (training courses and technical support).
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|Has spatial scale=Regional/national level
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|Support team size=7
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|Has objectives dimension=Multiple objectives
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|Maintenance organization=PiSolution GmbH
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|Has goods and services dimension=Market non-wood products, Market services, Market wood products, Non-market services
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|Additional information=The software is available on request as professional planning version and for environmental education purposes. Software will be provided for free within research projects where the developers ZEF / PiSolution GmbH are partners or with flexible licence fee model for other purposes.
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|Has decision making dimension=More than one decision maker/stakeholder
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|Has forest management goal=biodiversity evaluation, biomass estimation, carbon sequestration, climate change impact, conservation, ecological classification, economic evaluation, landscape quality, non-wood production, soil erosion, water quality, wildlife habitat, wood supply planning, multi-functional, user defined
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{{DSS description, Data, data model and data management
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|Supports tree species=oriented on forest types, not for specific species
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|Input data requirements=Biophysical data, Climate data, Forest inventory data, Ecological data, Socioeconomic data, user defined
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|Supports silvicultural regime=user defined
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|Format of the input data=text file, net services, image data, other
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|Data validation=error handling
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|Format of the output data=graph, map, pre-defined report
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|Internal data management=database
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|Database=MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, other
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|GIS integration=other
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|Data mining=N/A
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|Additional information=Minimum data request are land cover / land use data. Further, DEM, soil maps, regionalized climate data, layers from regional planning (priority / preference areas, protected areas) and cadastral maps can be used. For the multicriteria evaluation, statistical data are requested.
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{{DSS description, Models and methods, MBMS, decision support techniques
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|Forest models=N/A
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|Ecological models=N/A
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|Social models=location-specific stakeholder values, monetary values of non-market products and services
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|MCDM methods=Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Other discrete MDCM, Other multi-agent MCDM
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|Optimisation package=N/A
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|Optimisation algorithm=N/A
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|Risk evaluation=user defined
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|Uncertainty evaluation=sensivity analysis
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|Planning scenario=GISCAME is made for either mulit-participant scenario design or - by use of the CA - for scenario design depending from integrative transition probabilities for which starting conditions, proximities, environmental basics and stakeholder opinion are applied.
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|Additional information=GISCAME makes use of modelled results, but does not include models for reasons of a comfortable user performance in webGIS environment. Optimization algorithm for spatial planning are excluded as an optimization would request for clear optimization criteria which do not exist at regional scale. Focus is therefore on multiple scenario testing and feed-back in decision processes and not on decision making.
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{{DSS description, Support of knowledge management process
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|Supported KM processes=Knowledge Identification, Knowledge Assessment, Knowledge Transfer
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|Integrated KM techniques to identify and structure knowledge=Database
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|Integrated KM techniques to transfer and share knowledge=Web portal (e.g. Online Encyclopedia / Online Scientific Journal / Web sites), Web based training
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|Integrated KM techniques to analyse and apply knowledge=Intelligent Agent, Expert system (e.g Knowledge Based Systems)
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{{DSS, Concrete application
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|Participatory planning tasks supported=defining the problem, exploring options, evaluating options
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|Has typical use case=Assessment of alternative land use options in the course of regional (development) planning (spatial planning).
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|Additional information=Focus is laid on exploring and evaluating alternative land use scenarios including land management options (different tillage systems / silvicultural strategies)
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|Has user profile=other
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|Stakeholder identification support=Stakeholder identification is part of the regional adaptation of the platform
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|Has country=Germany
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|Planning criteria formation support=Identifcation of the "planning criteria" (in our case ecosystem services) is part of the regional adaptation of the platform and included in a standardized process to built the knowledge base for the multicriteria assessment.  
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|Has number of users=>100
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|Has number of real-life applications=<=30
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|Has utilisation in education=used by students
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|Has research project reference=(3) Fürst, C., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (acc.): Multi-criteria assessment of the effects of integrated land-use strategies on the provision of Ecosystem Services on regional scale, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, SI RegioResources 21. (9) Fürst, C., Lorz, C., Makeschin, F. (2011): Integrating land management aspects into an assess-ment of the impact of land cover changes on Ecosystem Services, International Journal of Biodi-versity Science, Ecosystem Service
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|Has tool dissemination=see: http://www.giscame.com/giscame/index.html and www.letsmap.de (environmental education version, for free)
 
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|User access control=Yes
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|Has decision support techniques=PYL.Decision support techniques
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|Parameterised GUI=No
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|Has knowledge management processes=PYL.Knowledge management process
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|User-friendliness of GUI=consistency, user control, appropriate presentation, error handling and recovery, flexibility, guidance and help
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|Map interface=2D
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|GUI technology=Html + Javascript, OpenGL
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|Additional information=Optimized for Firefox and IE
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|Software development methodology=1) user requirements analysis following Delphi approach, 2) CA, GIS and ME, 3) version control and buck tracking system, 4) iterative development since 2007 with permanent testing and user feed-back, bottom up approach in designing software architecture and features (OOP), 5) Used for regional planning, user training individual to provide optimal mix of Apps, 6) Version management and feed-back collection handled by the software enterprise PiSolution GmbH, 7) now adaptation for land use planning in Western Africa
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|Has knowledge management processes=PYL.Knowledge management process
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|Methods applied in the requirement phase=Delphi Study + Mind Mapping
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|Has support for social participation=PYL.Support of social participation
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|Methods applied in the design phase=Test of existing technological solutions - prototyping
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|Methods applied in the construction phase=OOP
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|Methods applied in the testing phase=iterative testing with increasing number of test individuals
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|Methods applied to ensure software quality=permanent web-based (open file) feed-back collection supported
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|Development start year=2007
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|Number of development years (100% equivalent)=15
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|Development team size=7
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|Team profiles=scientist 1: overall development concept, structure and features, scientist 2: multi-criteria assessment methods, scientist 3: landscape metrics analysis, scientist 4: GIS programming / risk assessment procedures, software engineer 1: bundling scientific concepts + user requirements, software engineer 2: translation into software architectural approach, code structure and optimal language application, software engineer 3: code programming; users + expert panel: testing, new requirements, adaptation to other use cases
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|Number of forest specialists in the development team=1
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|Number of users participating in specification=47
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|Additional information=The core team is seven persons, but depending from the application case / project, additional competences, e.g. in IWRM, agriculture / agroforestry, etc. join the team for a while.
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|KM tools used during the development of the DSS=Workflow, Web portal, Community of Practice, Intelligent Agent, Expert System
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|Stakeholder identification support=part of the standardized process in the system adaptation
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|Planning criteria formation support=part of the standardized MCA procedure
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|System type=client-server (web)
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|Has support for social participation=PYL.Support of social participation
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|Application architecture=GUI with workflow manager, Kernel with PimpEngine (constants / config), 3rd party software / object manager with Log Manager, DB Manager and PimpObject Manager.  
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|Communication architecture=TCP/IP; HTTP
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|Operating system=Linux/Unix, Windows
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|Programming language=Java, PHP, Visual Basic
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|Scalability=Yes
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|Interoperability=yes
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|Integration with other systems=standardized file exchange formats .shp and .txt; I/O interface by OSM-to-Pimp routine
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|Related tools=Cooperation with MANUELA - a grid-based system to assess the ecological impact of agricultural management practices. So far no Web-presentation available.
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|Additional information=interfaces to growth and yield models are currently developed and tested
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{{DSS description, Ongoing development
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|Adaptation effort (man years)=parametrised by the supplier
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|Has DSS development=PYL.Description of DSS development
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|Additional information=Well trained user can parameterize it on his or her own, normally parameterization is offered as a service
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|Website=http://www.giscame.com/giscame/index.html
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|Has website=http://www.giscame.com/giscame/index.html
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|Manual=No
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|Has manual=No
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|Technical documentation=Yes
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|Has technical documentation=Yes
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|References=ürst, C., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (acc.): Multi-criteria assessment of the effects of integrated land-use strategies on the provision of Ecosystem Services on regional scale, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, SI RegioResources 21.
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|Has reference=Fürst, C., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (acc.): Multi-criteria assessment of the effects of integrated land-use strategies on the provision of Ecosystem Services on regional scale, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, SI RegioResources 21.
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Frank, S., Fürst, C., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (2011): Towards the transfer of the ecosystem service concept to landscape planning using landscape metrics. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.027, Ecological Indicators
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Fürst, C., Lorz, C., Makeschin, F. (2011): Integrating land management aspects into an assess-ment of the impact of land cover changes on Ecosystem Services, International Journal of Biodi-versity Science, Ecosystem Services Management. 7(3), 168-181. DOI:10.1080/21513732.2011.611119
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Koschke, L., Fürst, C., Frank, S., Makeschin, F (2012): A multi-criteria approach for an inte-grated land-cover-based assessment of ecosystem services provision for planning support. Ecological Indicators 21, 54-66.
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Fürst, C., Pietzsch, K., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (2012): How to better consider sectoral planning information in regional planning - example afforestation and conversion. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2012, 1-29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.630067
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|Additional information=References can be sent on request, please contact: cfuerst@uni-bonn.de.  
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Frank, S., Fürst, C., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (2011): Towards the transfer of the ecosystem service concept to landscape planning using landscape metrics. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.027, Ecological Indicators Fürst, C., Lorz, C., Makeschin, F. (2011): Integrating land management aspects into an assess-ment of the impact of land cover changes on Ecosystem Services, International Journal of Biodi-versity Science, Ecosystem Services Management. 7(3), 168-181. DOI:10.1080/21513732.2011.611119 Koschke, L., Fürst, C., Frank, S., Makeschin, F (2012): A multi-criteria approach for an inte-grated land-cover-based assessment of ecosystem services provision for planning support. Ecological Indicators 21, 54-66. Fürst, C., Pietzsch, K., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (2012): How to better consider sectoral planning information in regional planning - example afforestation and conversion. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2012, 1-29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.630067
 
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Application areas related to forestry can be assessment of potential afforestation areas, impact assessment of silvicultural strategies at meso-scale, assessment of potentials of agroforestry systems and short rotation coppices at regional scale.
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References can be sent on request, please contact: cfuerst@uni-bonn.de.

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Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name GISCAME (former: Pimp your landscape - PYL)
Has acronym GISCAME
Has wiki contact person Christine Fürst
Has wiki contact e-mail cfuerst@uni-bonn.de

Software identification

Has software PYL.Software

Description

Has description The application area of GISCAME is to assess the impact of land cover and land use change scenarios on planning objectives, which can be expressed by ecosystem services or other, to a higher or lower degree aggregated target figures, such as land use functions or sustainability criteria. As a result, alternative land-use scenarios can be visualized and the platform provides a visual feed-back on their impact on the balance of the selected target figures. Currently, the system is applicable for regions up to 10,000 km², which can be divided into so called “working windows” (standard: 100 km²; other dimensions can be defined individually) to support the visualization of land-use pattern and infrastructural details at mesoscale.

Considering the technical background, GISCAME is a combination of a cellular automaton technology with GIS features and a multicriteria assessment framework for which standardized routines are available in the graphical user interface.

Has modelling scope Economical indicators, Ecological indicators
Has temporal scale Long term (strategic)
Has spatial context Spatial with neighbourhood interrelations
Has spatial scale Regional/national level
Has objectives dimension Multiple objectives
Has related DSS
Has goods and services dimension Market non-wood products, Market services, Market wood products, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension More than one decision maker/stakeholder
Has forest management goal biodiversity evaluation, biomass estimation, carbon sequestration, climate change impact, conservation, ecological classification, economic evaluation, landscape quality, non-wood production, soil erosion, water quality, wildlife habitat, wood supply planning, multi-functional, user defined
Supports tree species oriented on forest types, not for specific species
Supports silvicultural regime user defined

Concrete application

Has typical use case Assessment of alternative land use options in the course of regional (development) planning (spatial planning).
Has user profile other
Has country Germany
Has references about examples of application
Has number of users >100
Has number of real-life applications <=30
Has utilisation in education used by students
Has research project reference (3) Fürst, C., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (acc.): Multi-criteria assessment of the effects of integrated land-use strategies on the provision of Ecosystem Services on regional scale, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, SI RegioResources 21. (9) Fürst, C., Lorz, C., Makeschin, F. (2011): Integrating land management aspects into an assess-ment of the impact of land cover changes on Ecosystem Services, International Journal of Biodi-versity Science, Ecosystem Service
Has tool dissemination see: http://www.giscame.com/giscame/index.html and www.letsmap.de (environmental education version, for free)

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques PYL.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes PYL.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation PYL.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development PYL.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website http://www.giscame.com/giscame/index.html
Has online demo
Has manual No
Has technical documentation Yes
Has reference Fürst, C., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (acc.): Multi-criteria assessment of the effects of integrated land-use strategies on the provision of Ecosystem Services on regional scale, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, SI RegioResources 21.

Frank, S., Fürst, C., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (2011): Towards the transfer of the ecosystem service concept to landscape planning using landscape metrics. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.027, Ecological Indicators Fürst, C., Lorz, C., Makeschin, F. (2011): Integrating land management aspects into an assess-ment of the impact of land cover changes on Ecosystem Services, International Journal of Biodi-versity Science, Ecosystem Services Management. 7(3), 168-181. DOI:10.1080/21513732.2011.611119 Koschke, L., Fürst, C., Frank, S., Makeschin, F (2012): A multi-criteria approach for an inte-grated land-cover-based assessment of ecosystem services provision for planning support. Ecological Indicators 21, 54-66. Fürst, C., Pietzsch, K., Frank, S., Witt, A., Koschke, L., Makeschin, F. (2012): How to better consider sectoral planning information in regional planning - example afforestation and conversion. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2012, 1-29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.630067

References can be sent on request, please contact: cfuerst@uni-bonn.de.

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