Geomorphometry : concepts software applications Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land surface analysis. It draws upon mathematical statistical and image processing techniques to quantify the shape of earths topography at various spatial scales. The focus of geomorphometry is the calculation of surface form measures (land surface parameters) and features (objects) which may be used to improve the mapping and modelling of landforms to assist in the evaluation of soils vegetation land use natural hazards and other information. This book provides a practical guide to preparing Digital Elevation Models (DEM) for analysis and extracting land surface parameters and objects from DEMs through a variety of software. It further offers detailed instructions on applying parameters and objects in soil agricultural environmental and earth sciences. This is a manual of state of the art methods to serve the various researchers who use geomorphometry Geomorphometry: a brief guide Mathematical and digital models of the land surface DEM production methods and sources Preparation of DEMs for geomorphometric analysis Geostatistical simulation and error propagation in geomorphometry Basic land surface parameters Land surface parameters and objects in hydrology Land surface parameters specific to topo climatology Landforms and landform elements in geomorphometry Overview of software packages used in geomorphometry Geomorphometry in ESRI packages Geomorphometry in SAGA Geomorphometry in ILWIS Geomorphometry in LandSerf Geomorphometry in MicroDEM Geomorphometry in TAS GIS Geomorphometry in GRASS GIS Geomorphometry in RiverTools Geomorphometry : a key to landscape mapping and modelling Soil mapping applications Vegetation mapping applications Geomorphometry and spatial hydrologic modelling Applications in meteorology Applications in geomorphology Applications in Precision Agriculture Modelling mass movements and landslide susceptibility Automated predictive mapping of ecological entities The future of geomorphometry