v0.4.0 - Rumple Index

What's Changed

This release adds canopy rumple index support to PyForestScan.

Added

• Added calculate_rumple() for computing canopy rumple index from a CHM.
• Rumple is calculated as canopy surface area divided by planar ground area.
• Supports optional min_height masking to exclude low vegetation before calculating canopy surface complexity.
• Added rumple documentation under forest structure metrics.
• Added rumple to the public package API.
• Added tests covering flat surfaces, sloped surfaces, rough surfaces, invalid inputs, min_height masking, and no-valid-surface cases.

Notes

Rumple returns a single scalar value for a CHM, not a raster. A flat canopy has a rumple value near 1.0; increasingly complex canopy surfaces have values greater than 1.0.

Verification

• pytest tests/test_calculate.py -k rumple: 6 passed
• pytest tests/test_calculate.py: 54 passed

v0.3.8

What's Changed

• process: add by_flightline option for per-flightline processing by @iosefa in #49

Full Changelog: v0.3.7...v0.3.8

v0.3.7

What's Changed

• process: add voxel-grid downsampling with mode selection by @iosefa in #47
• Bump version to 0.3.7 by @iosefa in #48

Full Changelog: v0.3.6...v0.3.7

v0.3.6

What's Changed

• process: refine core extent calculation to prevent stretching by @iosefa in #45
• Bump version to 0.3.6 by @iosefa in #46

Full Changelog: v0.3.5...v0.3.6

v0.3.5

What's Changed

• calculate: handle invalid voxel height and refine empty range logic by @iosefa in #43
• Bump version to 0.3.5 by @iosefa in #44

Full Changelog: v0.3.4...v0.3.5

v0.3.4

What's Changed

• process: add Poisson-based thinning and improve PAI tile handling by @iosefa in #41
• Bump version to 0.3.4 by @iosefa in #42

Full Changelog: v0.3.3...v0.3.4

v0.3.3

What's Changed

• process: add skip_existing and verbose options to tile processing by @iosefa in #39
• Bump version to 0.3.3 by @iosefa in #40

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v0.3.2

What's Changed

• calculate: handle empty integration range in canopy cover calculation by @iosefa in #38

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v0.3.1

What's Changed

• Add canopy cover by @iosefa in #36
• Bump version to 0.3.1 by @iosefa in #37

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.3.1

v0.3.0

What's Changed

• Update Python version to 3.11 or above and upgrade dependencies in requirements.txt by @iosefa in #34
• Enhance CHM interpolation with optional valid region and edge cleaning by @maawoo in #30
• Add option to save figures by @maawoo in #32
• Bug/pad calculation by @iosefa in #28
• Bump version to 0.3.0, update Python to 3.11+, upgrade dependencies, readme by @iosefa in #35

New Contributors

• @maawoo made their first contribution in #30

Full Changelog: v0.2.4...v0.3.0