For now, the software is only available in English.
Dinamica EGO is a freeware software for non-commercial use. Go to the Download section of this website and get it. It includes everything you need to get it started (guidebook and examples files).
It’s probably caused by an old Dinamica EGO version. Please update Dinamica by downloading the latest version (1.6.2). It will likely solve your problem.
It means that the use of this operator is no longer recommended as it will be eliminated in the future. Please do not use it or if used, replace this operator in existing models with new ones that perform the same function.
The log level available in Dinamica EGO are as follows:
Levels marked bold are available on the “Edit” → “Log Level” menu | ||
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Level | Name | Description |
0 | Unconditional | |
1 | Error | Displays any error occurred and all the information from the levels below this. |
2 | Warning | Displays warnings regarding any potential problem that may occur and all the information from the levels below this. |
3 | Result | Displays the result only. |
4 | Info | Displays progress information and all the informations from the levels below this. This is the standard log level. |
5 | Info 2 | |
6 | Debug | Displays debug information and all the informations from the levels below this. |
7 | Debug 2 | |
8 | Trace |
In order to change the log level go to menu “Edit”, then Log Level and choose which one you want.
Dinamica's guidebook is installed as a pdf file named Dinamica_EGO_guidebook.pdf inside the folder “Dataset”.
The default directory should be:
Windows Version | Folder |
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Windows XP | C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\My Documents\Dinamica EGO\Dataset |
Windows Vista / 7 | C:\Users\<User>\Documents\Dinamica EGO\Dataset |
It is worth noting that the name convention used by the OS to represent these folder name may be different in a localized Windows version.
If you still can't find it on these default locations it probably means that you have not installed the guidebook files while installing the software. We suggest you to reinstall Dinamica EGO making sure that the option to install the guidebook files is checked.
It might be possible that because of different versions of Dinamica and Java Platform previously installed the Windows is not sure where to find the correct files to run the system. This is what you should try:
Edit the file Dinamica.vmoptions
located in the Dinamica EGO installation folder using a raw text editor (like notepad) and change the equivalent lines below back to their default values:
-Xss1m -Xms64m -Xmx256m
These values represent the maximum amount of memory available to Dinamica Graphical Interface (in megabytes). If Dinamica still not launching, lower the -Xmx
value and try again. Only lower the value just far enough to allow Dinamica to launch, as the lower this value is, the less memory it is allowed to use. Lowering this value will not impact model execution performance but the Graphical Interface may become useless.
There isn't any mechanism for automatic calibrating those values in Dinamica EGO. In case you don't want to use trial and error we recommend using a different software like Fragstats to calculate the parameters.
Technically it's not needed, although it's important for the results to be consistent. It's only required the two images have the same number of rows and columns. Currently, information regarding projection and cell dimension is neither used nor validated by the DetermineTransitionMatrix operator.
If the reason for doing this is to limit memory usage, you don't have to worry with that any more. The new version of Dinamica EGO can handle memory issued a lot better than it used to.
On Windows 64 (Vista 64 and 7 64), Dinamica EGO is limited by the amount of memory that you have in your system.
On Windows 32 Bits (XP, Vista 32 and 7 32), Dinamica EGO is limited by Windows Operating System memory policies (~2 Gigabytes per process), no matter how much memory you have installed in your system. However, Dinamica is a “LargeAddressAware” application, so it is possible to increase the amount of memory used in a 32 bit arquiteture to ~3 Gigabytes following the instructions available at http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/LargeAddressAware.html. Beware that changing the Windows memory partition policy can have some unpredicted consequences.
In order to otimized memory usage, it is recomended to run large models using the Dinamica Console Launcher (it can be found in the Windows Start | Dinamica EGO | Tools sub-menu).
In the folder where the model is been executed, there is a complete log file written by the Console Launcher with the model name. It allows the Console to run several models at the same folder one after another without discarding the previous output logs.
Clicking on the “Show More” on the Console Launcher Output panel, it is possible to see a list of output log of models that have completed the execution and are available for inspection.
CARLUC algorithm is described in the following articles: Hirsch, A.I., Little, W.S., Houghton, R.A., Scott, N.A., and White, J.D. 2004. The net carbon flux due to deforestation and forest re-growth in the Brazilian Amazon: analysis using a process-based model. Global Change Biology, 10, 908-924.