Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) Version 3.2

This software version has been superseded: please note a more recent version of the MCAS-S software is now available. See the ABARES website for details. \r\n\r\nMCAS-S version 3.2 \r\n The Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) is a tool to view and combine mapped information. MCAS-S can inform spatial decision making and help with stakeholder engagement and communication. MCAS-S is powerful and easy to use. GIS (geographic information system) programming is not required, removing the usual technical obstacles to non-GIS users. \r\n\r\n MCAS-S projects are: \r\n• transparent - you can see all the inputs used to meet an objective and how these are combined \r\n• flexible - you can use MCAS-S to compare options and explore trade-offs. You can use your own input data \r\n• fast - you can immediately see changes to your objective when any input or combination method changes. \r\n The new version 3.2 has: • improved performance \r\n• a user guide incorporated into the software \r\n• live links to metadata \r\n• more options for processing and analysing time series data \r\n• simpler options for labelling and classifying data inputs. \r\n\r\n MCAS-S 3.2 is made freely available with the support of the MCAS-S development partners: ABARES, the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Barry Consulting, the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program, the National Environmental Research Program Landscapes and Policy Hub at University of Tasmania and the Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network.

本软件版本已过时：请注意，MCAS-S软件现已推出更新版本。详细信息请参阅澳大利亚农业与资源经济科学局（ABARES）官网。

MCAS-S 3.2版本
空间决策支持多准则分析壳层（MCAS-S）是一款用于查看与整合映射信息的工具。MCAS-S可为空间决策制定提供支撑，助力利益相关方参与与沟通。该工具功能强大且易于上手，无需掌握地理信息系统（GIS，Geographic Information System）编程技能，消除了非GIS专业用户常遇的技术壁垒。

MCAS-S项目具备以下特点：
• 透明性：可查看用于达成目标的全部输入项及其整合方式
• 灵活性：可通过MCAS-S对比不同方案、权衡利弊，且支持使用自定义输入数据
• 迅捷性：修改任一输入项或整合方法时，可即时查看对目标产生的变化

3.2版本新增/优化内容如下：
• 性能提升
• 内置软件用户指南
• 支持元数据实时链接
• 新增更多时序数据处理与分析选项
• 简化了数据输入项的标注与分类操作选项

MCAS-S 3.2版本由以下MCAS-S开发合作方支持并免费发布：澳大利亚农业与资源经济科学局（ABARES）、新南威尔士州环境与遗产办公室（NSW Office of Environment and Heritage）、Barry咨询公司（Barry Consulting）、澳大利亚协同土地利用与管理计划（Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program）、塔斯马尼亚大学国家环境研究计划景观与政策中心（National Environmental Research Program Landscapes and Policy Hub at University of Tasmania）以及陆地生态系统研究网络（Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network）。