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Docs Category: 4.1 The Calculation Methods

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1 Introduction

  • 1.1 What is the Isovist_App?
  • 1.2 What can the Isovist_App do?
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2 Getting Started

  • 2.1 First, does the Isovist_App correlate?
  • 2.2 System requirements
  • 2.3 Downloading and installing
  • 2.4 Running the software for the first time
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3.1 Perform Basic Functions:

  • 3.1.1 Prepare and load a drawing for analysis
  • 3.1.2 Optimise and troubleshoot drawing imports
  • 3.1.3 Shrink the Isovist_App to a moveable window
  • 3.1.4 Edit an imported drawing
  • 3.1.5 Set the scale and analysis areas of an import
  • 3.1.6 Change the resolution of a field analysis
  • 3.1.7 Link areas of a drawing, such as floors
  • 3.1.8 Increase the speed of zoom scrolling
  • 3.1.9 Save and reopen an analysis file
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3.2 Run Primary Analysis

  • 3.2.1 Place or remove isovists within a space
  • 3.2.2 Change the overall isovist parameters
  • 3.2.3 View different spatial categories of isovist
  • 3.2.4 Measure isovist values at the cursor location
  • 3.2.5 Measure isovist values along a path
  • 3.2.6 Measure isovist values in a field analysis
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3.3 View and Export Results

  • 3.3.1 Export point isovist data
  • 3.3.2 View and export visual step depth data
  • 3.3.3 Export numeric field data from all locations
  • 3.3.4 Overlay annotations upon an isovist field
  • 3.3.5 Export vector drawings of isovist geometries
  • 3.3.6 Export high resolution images
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3.4 Run Advanced Analysis

  • 3.4.1 Numerically compare two or more fields
  • 3.4.2 Find a ‘minimal set’ for a space
  • 3.4.3 Generate a ‘spatial co-visibility’ profile
  • 3.4.4 Generate and export an Minkowski model
  • 3.4.5 Generate agent trails and visibility fields
  • 3.4.6 Set start and end points for agent exploration
  • 3.4.7 Calculate an optimal route through a field
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4.1 The Calculation Methods

  • 4.1.1 The stochastic approach
  • 4.1.2 Isovist Geometry Calculation
  • 4.1.2 Local Radial Scanning
  • 4.1.3 Stochastic Isovist Overlap
  • 4.1.4 Visibility Flooding
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4.2 Isovist Measure Definitions

  • 4.2.1 Area
  • 4.2.2 Perimeter & Closed Perimeter
  • 4.2.3 Compactness
  • 4.2.4 Occlusivity
  • 4.2.5 Vista Length
  • 4.2.6 Average Radial
  • 4.2.7 Drift
  • 4.2.8 Variance
  • 4.2.9 Skewness
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4.3 Space Syntax Measure Definitions

  • 4.3.1 Directed Visibility
  • 4.3.3 Overt Control
  • 4.3.5 Counterpoint
  • 4.3.6 Choice
  • 4.3.7 Metric Depth and Mean Metric Depth
  • 4.3.8 Visual Depth and Mean Visual Depth
  • 4.3.9 Integration (HH)
  • 4.3.10 Angular Depth and Mean Angular Depth
  • 4.3.2 Co-Visibility
  • 4.3.4 Covert Control
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5 Reference and Support

  • 5.3 Bibliography
  • 5.4 Notes and Acknowledgements
  • 5.1 Crashes, bugs and other horrors
  • 5.2 Change log
  • Isovists.org
  • User Guide
  • 4 How the Calculations Work
  • 4.1 The Calculation Methods

4.1 The Calculation Methods

  • 4.1.1 The stochastic approach
  • 4.1.2 Isovist Geometry Calculation
  • 4.1.2 Local Radial Scanning
  • 4.1.3 Stochastic Isovist Overlap
  • 4.1.4 Visibility Flooding

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