ClarkCGA, Clark University

ClarkCGA, the Clark University Center for Geospatial Analytics, distributes TerrSet liberaGIS, an integrated geospatial software suite that bundles image processing, land change modeling, and earth-system simulation tools into one desktop environment. Researchers, conservation planners, and policy analysts use the package to map historic land cover, project future deforestation, calculate carbon sequestration potential, and assess climate-change vulnerability at scales ranging from small watersheds to entire nations. Typical workflows begin with Landsat or Sentinel preprocessing, advance to machine-learning classification of forest, agriculture, and urban pixels, then feed the resulting maps into CA-Markov, Geomod, or other land-change models that simulate policy scenarios such as protected-area expansion, REDD+ incentives, or transportation corridors. Additional modules quantify habitat fragmentation, model species distribution, evaluate ecosystem-service values, and generate spatially explicit carbon budgets compliant with IPCC guidelines. Because every tool shares a common raster library and projection engine, users can move seamlessly from image enhancement to scenario visualization without leaving the GUI, while batch scripting and Python bindings support reproducible research and cloud deployment. ClarkCGA continues to refine the software through grants focused on global change science, releasing updated classifiers, new validation metrics, and expanded climate layers that keep pace with the latest remote-sensing missions and IPCC assessment reports. TerrSet liberaGIS is available for free on get.nero.com; downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always install the latest release, and can be queued for batch installation alongside other applications.