Regarding predicted year in Molusce plugin

[DamanNeupane]

Suppose I use land use map of 2005 and 2010 and need to predict the year 2015, 2020 and 2025.
firstly, I input land use map of 2005 , 2010 and spatial variables as well. The predicted map will be 2015 as the duration is of 5 years. But how to predict lulc of 2020 and 2025? Should I need to input the lulc map of 2010 and 2015 and same spatial variables and run the simulation to predict lulc of 2020? Or should I use the lulc map of 2005 and 2010, same variables and only put 2 in simulation iteration tab for predicted map of 2020 and 3 for 2025?

[RemeshevskiyValeriy]

Hello!

In the simulation tab in the spinbox of the number of simulation iterations is set to 1 by default, which means that the simulation will be made for the same period of time ahead as the difference between the input lulc rasters. That is, with the input rasters for 2005 and 2010 the prediction will be made for 5 years ahead - for 2015. To make a prediction for 2020, you need to set the spinbox of the number of simulation iterations to 2. For the prediction for 2025, the value is 3, etc.

[Ana-0811]

Hi all. If the input rasters are from 2011 to 2021 and I want to make a prediction from 2021 to 2026, how would I do it? Thank you!

[RemeshevskiyValeriy]

Hi! To make a prediction from 2021 to 2026, you need to set the raster of landuse states for 2016 as the initial raster.