For a block, distance from coast (Kilometres) is the distance from the coast in the direction of the prevailing wind, it determines the amount of sulphur (S) and cations (K, Ca, Mg, Na) deposited annually by rain and wind.
In the interests of simplifying the data entry requirements for creating a new analysis, the Overseer team are focused on enabling more effortless ingress of data. In line with this focus, the ability to automatically calculate distance from coast for each block has been added to the software.
A blocks nearest from coast distance is calculated from the blocks centroid and a new coast database – users DO NOT have the ability to overwrite this value.
This will save data-entry time and reduce the possibility of data-entry error.