Dinamica EGO version 1.8 was released

Tue, 2011/12/13 - 08:37 — hermann

Dinamica EGO freeware, version 1.8, is now available for download.

EGO stands for Environment for Geoprocessing Objects. Dinamica EGO consists of a sophisticated platform for environmental modeling with outstanding possibilities for the design from the very simple static spatial model to very complex dynamic ones.

Dinamica-EGO favors simplicity, flexibility and performance, optimizing speed and computer resources, such as memory and parallel processing. Its main features includes:

Nested iterations,
Multi-transitions,
Dynamic feedbacks,
Multi-region and multi-scale approach,
Decision processes for bifurcating and joining execution pipelines,
A series of complex spatial algorithms for the analysis and simulation of space-time phenomena.
High performance, including 64-bit native version, multiprocessor computing architecture, smart handling of large raster datasets.

The changes in this release, compared to the currently stable version (1.6.2), include:

Wizard editor to create model wizards. Model wizards can be used to guide user interaction with a model. A wizard example can be found in the folder Dataset\Examples\run_lucc_northern_mato_grosso\run_roads_wizard (See presentation of this tools and other functionalities).
The operator Calc Cost Map now performs cost surface calculation in parallel. As the result, the cost calculation is now much faster on multicore computers. Check out a performance comparison between Dinamica EGO and two commercial GIS.
Dynamic workdir, that allows more portability and switching of scenario data.
Brand new map viewer with several tools to visualize spatial data.
Movie maker. Now it is possible to use the new viewer to create a MP4 movie using simulation map results.
Models load faster even when the MinGW expression compilation module is been used.
New operators While, Do While, Select String, Select Folder, String Junction and Folder Junction.
Better functor library layout.
Several bug fixes.