Social Values for Ecosystem Services (SolVES) version 4.0 is a fully open-source, GIS-based tool designed to aid in the creation of quantitative, spatially explicit models of the nonmonetary values attributed to cultural ecosystem services, such as aesthetics and recreation, specifically to facilitate their incorporation into larger ecosystem service assessments. Newly redeveloped for QGIS, SolVES can be applied in a wide variety of biophysical and social contexts including mountain, forest, coastal, riparian, agricultural, and urban settings worldwide. Redeveloping SolVES for an open-source platform was intended to expand its user base by eliminating the cost of proprietary GIS software licenses and to remove the impact of proprietary software changes on SolVES development. Providing additional options would enable users to delineate relevant stakeholder groups to better assess how differing preferences impact the intensity and spatial distribution of perceived social values.

生态系统服务的社会价值 (SolVES) 4.0 版是一个完全开源的、基于 GIS 的工具，旨在帮助创建归因于文化生态系统服务的非货币价值的定量、空间明确模型，例如美学和娱乐，特别是促进将它们纳入更大的生态系统服务评估。为 QGIS 重新开发的 SolVES 可应用于各种生物物理和社会环境，包括全球的山地、森林、沿海、河岸、农业和城市环境。为开源平台重新开发 SolVES 旨在通过消除专有 GIS 软件许可成本并消除专有软件更改对 SolVES 开发的影响来扩大其用户群。