concentrated the interest of researchers’ majority. This
software is a well working GIS software equipped with
many geospatial tools, such as the DSAS software
(Digital Shoreline Analysis System, an add-in to Esri
ArcGIS desktop) which is in widely usage for shoreline
movement measurements among the scientific community (Al-Amin Hoque et al., 2019; Mohammed et
al., 2019; Ratna & Bijker, 2019; Bera & Maiti, 2019;
Jesús et al., 2019; Pantanahiran, 2019; Gonçalves Gil et
al., 2019; Karim et al., 2019; Ratna, 2019; ValderramaLanderos & Flores-de-santiago, 2019; Yawo et al.,
2018; Benqing Chen et al., 2018; Sandeep et al., 2018;
Carolina et al., 2018; Romariz Duarte et al., 2018;
Hashmi & Sajid, 2018; Fatima et al., 2018; Joevivek &
Saravanan Sakthivel, 2018; Abu Zed Abu et al., 2018;
Do et al., 2018; Kaliraj et al., 2017; Bakhoum et al.,
2017; Manjulavani et al., 2017; Luca et al., 2017;
Vassilakis et al., 2016; Anand et al., 2016; Saci et al.,
2016; Ayadi et al., 2016; Antonello et al., 2015; Nino et
al., 2015; Vittal & Akshaya, 2015; Ford Murray &
Kench Paul, 2015; James et al., 2015; Kankara et al.,
2015; Usha et al., 2015; Salghuna & Aravind
Bharathvaj, 2015; George et al., 2015; Prasita, 2015;
Jaime et al., 2016; Sakthivel et al., 2014; Andredaki et
al., 2014; Ivan et al., 2014; Vassilakis & PapadopoulouVrynioti, 2014; Thomas & Hildegard, 2014; Arab et al.,
2015; Shenbagaraj et al., 2014; Joevivek & Saravanan
Sakthivel, 2013; Da Guia Albuquerque et al., 2013;
Kumaravel et al., 2013; Del Río et al., 2013;
Antonello et al., 2013; Murray, 2013; Luca et al.,
2013; Smith & Cromley, 2012; Yanxia Liu et al.,
2013; Jana & Bhattacharya, 2013; Sheik &
Chandrasekar, 2013; Bu-Li & Xiao-Yan, 2011; ElAsmar & Hereher, 2011; Addo et al., 2011; Tuncay et
al., 2011; Aliakbar et al., 2010; Sharma & Acharya,
2010; Addo, 2009; Faik et al., 2008; Nageswara Rao et
al., 2008; Alfredo et al., 2005).
Especially, Digital Shoreline Analysis System
(DSAS) has a dominant position among tools that
researchers used to measure the shoreline movement
(Valderrama-Landeros & Flores-de-santiago, 2019;
Bera & Maiti, 2019; Karim et al., 2019; Mohammed
et al., 2019; Gil et al., 2019; Ratna, 2019; Yawo et al.,
2018; Duarte et al., 2018; Fatima et al., 2018; Carolina
et al., 2018; Do et al., 2018; Hashmi & Sajid, 2018;
Manjulavani et al., 2017; Burningham & French, 2017;
Luca et al., 2017; Bakhoum et al., 2017; Anand et al.,
2016; Vassilakis et al., 2016; Ayadi et al., 2016; Saci et
al., 2016; Vittal & Akshaya, 2015; Raju et al., 2015;
Usha et al., 2015; Salghuna & Aravind Bharathvaj,
2015; Kankara et al., 2015; Jaime et al., 2016; Ford
Murray & Kench Paul, 2015; Vassilakis &
Papadopoulou-Vrynioti, 2014; Ivan et al., 2014;
Thomas & Hildegard, 2014; Arab et al., 2015; Da
Guia Albuquerque et al., 2013; Luca et al., 2013; Liu,
et al. 2013; Del Río et al., 2013; Antonello et al., 2013;
Jana & Bhattacharya, 2013; Murray, 2013; Smith &
Cromley, 2012; Tuncay et al., 2011; Addo et al., 2011;
Sharma & Acharya, 2010; Addo, 2009) .
Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) is suitable for distance measurements using the Shoreline
Change Envelope (SCE). Moreover, statistical indices
such as End Point Rate (EPR), Least Regression Rate
(LRR) and Weighted Least Squares Regression (WLR)
can be calculated. Furthermore, supplemental statistics for Least and Weighted regression such as
Confidence Interval (LCI/WCI), Standard Error
(LSE/WSE), R-squared (LR2/WR2) is available.
ERDAS Imagine is the second most popular software among researchers (Aliakbar et al., 2010; Anand
et al., 2016; Antonello et al., 2013; Ayadi et al., 2016;
Bu-Li & Xiao-Yan, 2011; El-Asmar & Hereher, 2011;
Hashmi & Sajid, 2018; Jana & Bhattacharya, 2013;
Kaliraj et al., 2017; Kankara et al., 2015; Kumaravel
et al., 2013; LGEd & Elbeih, 2010; Manjulavani et al.,
2017; Mitra et al., 2017; Raju et al., 2015; Saci et al.,
2016; Sandeep et al., 2018; Sheik & Chandrasekar,
2013; Shenbagaraj et al., 2014; Thampanya et al.,
2006; Usha et al., 2015; Vittal & Akshaya, 2015;
Xuejie & Damen, 2010).
ENVI software has been used by Al-Amin Hoque et
al. (2019); Esmail et al. (Mohammed et al., 2019);
Nassar et al. (Karim et al., 2019); Joevivek et al.
(Joevivek & Saravanan Sakthivel, 2018); Abu Zed et
al. (Zed Abu et al., 2018); Duarte et al. (2018); Cenci et
al. (Luca et al., 2017); Salghuna & Bharathvaj
(Salghuna & Aravind Bharathvaj, 2015); Petropoulos
et al. (George et al., 2015); Aiello et al. (Antonello et
al., 2015); Gudina et al. (Gudina Feyisa et al., 2014);
Sekovski et al. (Ivan et al., 2014); Joevivek et al.
(Joevivek & Saravanan Sakthivel, 2013); Addo et al.
(2011); Kawakubo et al. (2011); Taha & Elbeih (LGEd
& Elbeih, 2010); Wang et al. (Zifeng et al., 2018).
Agisoft PhotoScan has been used by Gonçalves et al.
(Gil et al., 2019); Nahon et al. (Alphonse et al., 2019);
Horacio et al. (Jesús et al., 2019); Letortu et al. (Pauline
et al., 2018); Nikolakopoulos et al. (Nikolakopoulos
Konstantinos & George, 2017); Papakonstantinou et
al. (2016); Casella et al. (2016); Chikhradze et al. (Nino
et al., 2015); and Elsner et al. (Elsner Paul et al., 2015).
QGIS has been used by Chikhradze et al. (Nino et al.,
2015). MapInfo has been used by Fromard et al.
(2004). IDRISI Selva has been used by Geosci et al.
(Arab et al., 2015); Shalaby and Tateishi (Adel &
Ryutaro, 2007). GIS MGE has been used by Chen et
al. (Shui-sen Chen et al., 2005). SAGA-GIS has been
used by Nahon, et al. (Alphonse et al., 2019).
Microsoft Excel has been used by Sandeep et al.
(2018) and Thampanya et al. (Thampanya et al.,
2006). SPSS has been used by Cui & Li (Bu-Li &
Xiao-Yan, 2011) and Thampanya et al. Thampanya
et al. (2006). AUTOCAD has been used by In-Ho et
al. (Kim et al., 2013) and Sesli et al. (Faik et al., 2008).
PG-STTEMER v.4.2. has been used by Kim et al.
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