A comparison of in situ and GIS landscape metrics for residential satisfaction modeling

Residential satisfaction with landscape has to be modeled in order to include landscape in regional planning decisions. The landscape attributes of a location may be evaluated by means of field audits (in situ approach) or they may be based on variables derived from digital data (GIS approach). In order to compare these two ways of investigating residential satisfaction, a set of in situ metrics and a set of GIS visibility metrics were collated...