ASSESS - A System for Selecting Suitable Sites

To identify the relative suitability of land for the required use according to user defined parameters. ASSESS is an Arc Info based decision support system that uses computer based geographic information to assess landscape suitability for a particular use. ASSESS allows users to interactively select, classify and integrate layers of geographic data to explore land suitability and landuse options. This is achieved by reviewing information relevant to the landuse and assigning suitability classes to the characteristic.