Updates

​Developments in 2017:

• MCAS-S Version 3.2 is in development and expected for release in mid-2017. This release will include a 64 bit version and extra functions such as time series and metadata.
  

Improvements introduced in MCAS-S Version 3.1:

• An improved workspace with new toolbars and zoom and pan options, multiple layers can be added, resized, aligned, exported and d​eleted at once, and new colour ramps have been added.
• More options for classifying data layers include standard deviation, natural breaks and a 'reclass' classification for values or classes of interest which don't fall at one end of an existing scale.
• Overlays can be included in analysis by creating distance from points and lines turning overlays into primary layers. 
• Editing composite functions is now possible through the function calculator.
• Multi-ways now show a 'coincidence count' of how many input criteria are met.
• Users can report on values at points and find the correlation between two layers through a 'correlation report'.
• Time stamped versions of MCAS-S projects are saved in the History folder helping to keep track of decisions and allowing users to revert to a previous option.

Improvements introduced in MCAS-S Version 3 enable:

• accommodation of map layers with different grid resolutions in single MCAS-S projects
• 'sensitivity analysis' to test change in weighting of input map layers
• the creation of new user map layers using paint and fill functionality
• the display of point data overlays such as cities
  
• faster processing through improved computational performance.