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name=Voxel-Based Urban Microclimate Engine (VUME)
email=firmanafrianto@mail.ugm.ac.id
author=Firman Afrianto, Maya Safira
qgisMinimumVersion=3.0

description=VUME (Voxel-Based Urban Microclimate Engine) is a QGIS plugin designed to transform urban spatial data into microclimate intelligence using voxel-based modeling.
    It enables advanced analysis of thermal comfort, solar exposure, sky view factor, green visibility, and shading dynamics derived from urban morphology, terrain, and vegetation structure.

    The plugin integrates spatial modeling and analytical visualization into a unified workflow for urban microclimate assessment and planning decision support.

    It includes:
    1. Voxel-Based Urban Analyzer for generating microclimate indicators from spatial datasets.
    2. Interactive Web Viewer for 3D exploration of urban form, terrain, and environmental indicators.
    3. Analytical Outputs including physical-unit indicators such as SVF, GVI, GHI, and shadow metrics.

about=VUME provides a lightweight yet powerful framework for urban microclimate analysis by bridging voxel-based spatial modeling with planning-oriented decision support.
    The system enables proxy-based environmental intelligence derived from commonly available GIS datasets, supporting applications in urban planning, climate-sensitive design, and spatial policy evaluation.

    Conceptually inspired by the voxel-based urban modeling framework introduced in VoxCity (Fujiwara et al., 2026), and extended toward urban microclimate intelligence, spatial analytics, and decision-support systems.

version=1.0.4
tracker=https://github.com/firmanaf/VUME/issues
repository=https://github.com/firmanaf/VUME

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category=Urban and Regional Planning Analysis
changelog=1.0.4 - Refined and standardized all voxel-based urban microclimate indicators, including Sky View Factor (SVF), Green View Index (GVI), Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI), shading intensity, thermal comfort proxies, solar exposure, vegetation visibility, urban enclosure, and composite environmental performance metrics. Improved indicator naming, calculation consistency, physical-unit interpretation, 3D visualization logic, and web viewer outputs for more reliable urban microclimate assessment.

tags=urban microclimate,voxel modeling,thermal comfort,sky view factor,solar radiation,green view index,urban morphology,spatial analysis,urban planning,climate analytics

homepage=https://github.com/firmanaf/VUME
icon=icon.png
experimental=False
deprecated=False
qgisMaximumVersion=3.99

plugin_dependencies=numpy,matplotlib