Vilas+County+data+model

This section describes the world construction for the first implementation of the TrailsForward system, designed to represent Vilas County, Wisconsin.

=Data Description=

The first instantiation of the TrailsForward system is done using Vilas County in northern Wisconsin as a location. To achieve this, a rasterized spatial model of Vilas County was produced by aggregating and processing a range of available spatial datasets for the area. The spatial datasets utilized for this process included:


 * NLCD land cover classifications - two classification systems, performed by the U.S. Geological Survey, derived from either the 2001 or 2006 LandSat images
 * Housing Density - obtained from manual digitizing of building locations across the County, from orthorectified aerial photography. Reflects data from 2001 and 2006.
 * Zoning Data - obtained from the Vilas County Zoning Department

Available data sources, but not yet implemented into the system: >
 * Imperviousness - relative measure of impervious at each tile location, both for 2001 and 2006. Unknown source(?)
 * Canopy Cover - % canopy cover (0 - 100) in 2001. Unknown source(?)
 * Lake Frontage - an estimate of the amount of lakefront available to an acre (units?)
 * Lake Size - Total size of the lake interfacing with the tile (units?)
 * soil data - non-irrigated capability class, condensed into 4 classes, with 1 being very suitable for agriculture and 4 being very unsuitable for agriculture. There are also zero values which represent nodata (mostly water).

=World Generation=


 * Land cover classification hierarchy
 * Initialization of Forests
 * Zoning

=World Models=


 * Forest Growth and Yield
 * Animal agents

=Player Interactions=


 * Player roles
 * Conservationist
 * Property Developer
 * Timber Company
 * Interactions
 * Co-reliance dynamics
 * Bidding system
 * Leasing rights / easments

=Tools for Researchers=


 * Create your own agents
 * Running simulations
 * Obtaining output