Aesthetic 1D-Index
The number, size and percentage of different features of a visual landscape unit is a common index that can be used to describe a landscape character by means of alphanumeric GIS-Data. We calculated the numbers for the forests of the northern and southern part of test site Burggen North and South (see ../report98/burgmap.gif).

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Burggen North  Burggen South 
   
Number of Forests 52 105
Medium Size 4,39 ha 4,75 ha 
Forest Percentage 11,23 %  21,23 %
Table 3.5.1: Aesthetic 1D-Index of test site Burggen