I have LULC classified image for time period 1985,1995 and 2005, with driver datasets such as distance to road, distance to drainage , elevation , slop, rainfall, temperature, soil map.
How can in include driver dataset to predict LULC change with CA-Markov model? , I can’t able to find any option which consider drivers in CA_Markov model in IDRISI.
Please help on this issue ..!!!!
Dear deepak,
In place of driver variables, CA_Markov uses suitability maps. Please refer to the help section for CA_Markov to learn more about suitability maps. If you prefer to use driver variables, I suggest using the Land Change Modeler instead.
Best Regards,
Andrew Hostetler
Clark Labs Technical Support Team
Thanks for your Reply..!!!!!
I have one more question regarding the suitability map.
It is require to create suitability map for each years(1985,1999,2005) to include in to ca-markov module or i have to include suitability map for one year such as 1995?
Deepak