Landslide Susceptibility Assessment Tools v1.0.0b – Project Manager Suite: a new modular toolkit for landslide susceptibility assessment

Abstract

This paper introduces the Landslide Susceptibility Assessment Tools – Project Manager Suite (LSAT PM), an open-source, easy-to-use software written in Python. Primarily developed to conduct landslide susceptibility analysis (LSA), it is not limited to this issue and applies to any other research dealing with supervised spatial binary classification. LSAT PM provides efficient interactive data management supported by handy tools in a standardized project framework. The application utilizes open standard data formats, ensuring data transferability to all geographic information systems. LSAT PM has a modular structure that allows extending the existing toolkit by additional tools. The LSAT PM v1.0.0b implements heuristic and data-driven methods: analytical hierarchy process, weights of evidence, logistic regression, and artificial neural networks. The software was developed and tested over the years in different projects dealing with landslide susceptibility assessment. The emphasis on model uncertainties and statistical model evaluation makes the software a practical modeling tool to explore and evaluate different native and foreign LSA models. The software distribution package includes comprehensive documentation. A dataset for testing purposes of the software is available. LSAT PM is subject to continuous further development.