MORIZON NEXT
Copyright and Attribution Notice

1. Original MORIZON

MORIZON NEXT is based on the MORIZON forest zoning plugin distributed by
the Forestry Agency of Japan (林野庁) through the Geospatial Information
Center (geospatial.jp).

The original source package contains the following notice:

  ForestZoningPlugin
  Copyright (C) 2021 MIERUNE Inc.
  Contact stated in the original source: info@mierune.co.jp

The original MORIZON was developed through a project commissioned by the
Forestry Agency of Japan. The Japan Forest Technology Association
(日本森林技術協会) organized the zoning concept and workflow, and
MIERUNE Inc. implemented the QGIS plugin.

The file templates/sagyo_system_template_220113.xlsx is based on the
work-system spreadsheet template ("集材作業効率の設定220113.xlsx")
distributed in the ZoningKit data packages of the same MORIZON tool on
the official Forestry Agency distribution page. It has been modified:
the values on the example sheet ("入力例") were changed to match the
MORIZON NEXT default work-system settings, and the file name was changed
(to ASCII). The changes and their dates are recorded in the Git history.

2. DEM source data and bundled indexes

MORIZON NEXT can download and process public VIRTUAL SHIZUOKA LP/Grid
DTM data published by Shizuoka Prefecture. The data itself is not
bundled in this plugin; it is downloaded from the public VIRTUAL
SHIZUOKA S3 distribution when the user selects that DEM source.

Source and project information:

  https://virtualshizuokaproject.my.canva.site/
  https://registry.opendata.aws/virtual_shizuoka/
  https://www.geospatial.jp/ckan/dataset/virtual-shizuoka-mw

The VIRTUAL SHIZUOKA public materials describe the data as open data
under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Some
catalog entries also mention Open Data Commons Open Database License
(ODbL). Users should confirm the current terms on the source data pages
when using the downloaded DEM data in outputs or redistribution.

The files dem_sources/data/nagano_sabo_dem_index.json and
dem_sources/data/nagano_rinmu_sheet_index.json are auxiliary index files
created for MORIZON NEXT.

nagano_sabo_dem_index.json was generated by inspecting the ZIP central
directories of the public Nagano Prefecture Construction Department
Sabo Division 0.5 m DEM dataset distributed through geospatial.jp:

  https://www.geospatial.jp/ckan/dataset/r3-4-50cmdem

nagano_rinmu_sheet_index.json was generated from the public index map
Shapefiles distributed with the Nagano Prefecture Forestry Department
0.5 m DEM dataset on geospatial.jp:

  https://www.geospatial.jp/ckan/dataset/nagano-dem

These index files contain tile-to-package or sheet-extent lookup data
only. They are used to select and download the necessary DEM tiles from
the public source datasets.

3. MORIZON NEXT modifications

Modifications for QGIS 3.x/4.x dual compatibility, bug fixes, new
features (such as automatic data acquisition and saving/resuming an
analysis), and the MORIZON NEXT identity are undertaken as an independent technical
initiative by:

  Copyright (C) 2026 Hideharu Masai

The modifications began on 2026-09-29, when the original MORIZON v2.1
source was imported. Each modified file carries a notice stating that it
was modified. The changes and their dates are recorded in the Git history
of the repository (https://github.com/raw-slnc/morizon_next).

MORIZON NEXT is independently maintained. It is not an official
modification or release of, nor guaranteed or supported by, the Japan
Forest Technology Association or the Forestry Agency of Japan.

4. License

This distribution is licensed under the GNU General Public License
version 3. The license selection follows the GPL v3 conditions for use,
modification, and redistribution stated for the MORIZON tool as a whole
on the official Forestry Agency distribution page at:

  https://www.geospatial.jp/ckan/dataset/rinya-morizon-dateset

See LICENSE for the complete license text.

5. No warranty

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See sections 15 and 16 of the GNU
General Public License version 3 for details. Neither the original authors
(the Forestry Agency of Japan, the Japan Forest Technology Association and
MIERUNE Inc.) nor the author of the modifications accept any liability
arising from the use of this program.
