We’re excited to share the InVEST 3.15.0 release! This minor release brings native metadata support to InVEST outputs through the integration of NatCap’s Geometamaker python package. From the InVEST Workbench users can set up a metadata profile so common fields stay consistent across runs. InVEST 3.15.0 also brings the option of D8 and MFD routing to all our routed water models. These are just a few of the exciting new features and bugfixes, some more of which are highlighted below. You can find a complete list of changes on GitHub. If you have any questions or issues, please reach out to the Software Team.
Highlights
Multiple models now use per-hectare units in their raster outputs. Prior to this update, these rasters reported per-pixel values. This change affects the following models:
- Carbon
- Crop Production
- Forest Carbon Edge Effect
- NDR
- SDR
- NDR, SDR, and Seasonal Water Yield now support the D8 routing algorithm in addition to MFD.
- Visitation: Recreation and Tourism model now includes Twitter data.
- InVEST model outputs now include metadata. Open the ‘.yml’ files in a text editor to read and add to the metadata.
Cheers,
~ NatCap Software