Table 1 Indicators of impact factors of military defense capability (MDC) in Zhenbao Town

From: Resource supply and demand model of military settlements in the cold weapon era: case of Zhenbao Town, Ming Great Wall

Influences

Impact factor

Calculation method

B1: War Geography

D1: Elevation

-abs(H-800), H is elevation

D2: River System

-abs(D-10000), D is the closest distance to the river

D3: Slope

-abs(C-14), C is slope

B2: Military Force and

Supplies Geography

D4: Number of Troops

Spatial interpolation based on the number of armies

D5: Army Provisions

Spatial interpolation based on the number of cantonment data

D6: Distance from the Great Wall

Shortest distance to the Great Wall

B3: Transportation and

Communication Geography

D7: Distance from the Relay Station

Shortest distance to relay station in Zhenbao Town

D8: Internal Accessibility

=L/S, L is the length of roads in a grid, S is the area of the unit grid data

D9: External Accessibility

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