View source for CRANCOD - A Program for the Analysis and Reconstruction of Spatial Forest Structure

[[File:Clg6Excerpt.png|left|600px|thumb|A structural group of four trees in Clocaenog plot 6 with a Japanese larch in the centre and two Japanese larch and two Sitka pruce neighbours. Such groups form the basis of NNSS. The visualisation was computed in CRANCOD.]]

== System requirements ==
As with any Java application CRANCOD can be used on Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers:
* Windows XP, Vista, 7/8
* Mac OS X
* Equivalent Linux version
* Java Runtime Environment [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp (JRE)]

[[File:TreeCharacteristics.png|right|600px|thumb|The characteristics of the Japanese larch tree in the centre of the structural group of four trees (see left-hand Figure) in Clocaenog plot 6. From CRANCOD.]]

== Installation ==
# Download the file [[media:Crancod.zip|Crancod.zip]] onto your computer and unzip it.
# Save the file Crancod.jar on your computer's desktop or in a dedicated target folder.
# If not previously installed download and install the Java Runtime Environment [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp (JRE)].
# Launch the CRANCOD program by double clicking on the file Crancod.jar.

== CRANCOD Documentation ==
* Download the user manual [[media:Crancod14.pdf‎|here]].
* Check out the (slightly) updated [[media:CrancodPosterOxfordUpdated.pdf‎|poster presentation]] of CRANCOD at the annual conference of the British Ecological Society in 2006.

== CRANCOD Sample input files ==
The following data are from my management demonstration plot (MDP) 6 in Clocaenog Forest (North Wales) surveyed in 2004. This is an interesting site where a formerly mono-species Japanese larch plantation has gradually been colonised by Sitka spruce and other species (see the plot map at the top of this page).

* Configuration file [[media:Clg6.cfg‎|Clg6.cfg]]
* Tree data file [[media:Clg6.dat‎|Clg6.dat]]
* Geometry file [[media:Clg6.geo|Clg6.geo]]
* Species file [[media:Clg6.species|Clg6.species]]

== CRANCOD Sample output files ==
These data also refer to  MDP 6 in Clocaenog Forest (North Wales) surveyed in 2004.

* Protocol file logging all processes and presenting basic results [[media:Clg6_protocol.zip‎|Clg6_protocol.zip]] (please unzip)
* File containing all non-spatial results [[media:Clg6_NonSpatials_org.out‎|Clg6_NonSpatials_org.out]]
* File containing all spatial results (NNSS) [[media:Clg6_Spatials_org.out|Clg6_Spatials_org.out]]
* File with second-order characteristics [[media:Clg6_corr_org.out|Clg6_corr_org.out]]
* File with individual tree results [[media:Clg6_tree_org.out|Clg6_tree_org.out]]
Clg6_protocol.html is an HTML file and can be opened and viewed with any internet browser. All files with the extension *.out are ASCII files and can be opened and viewed in MS Excel.