Land Change Modeler Product Features

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The Land Change Modeler software includes a wealth of tools for change analysis, prediction and implication assessment for biodiversity. It is currently included within the IDRISI software and is sold separately as an extension for ArcGIS.

Land Change Analysis

Quickly generate graphs and maps of land change, including gains and losses, net change, persistence and specific transitions.

Uncover underlying trends of complex land change with a change abstraction tool.

Model Land Transition Potential

Model land cover transition potentials that express the likelihood that land will transition in the future using one of two methodologies—a multi-layer perceptron neural network or logistic regression.
Incorporate into the prediction model dynamic or static environmental variable maps that might drive or explain change.

Change Prediction

Incorporate planning interventions, incentives and constraints, such as reserve areas and infrastructural changes, that may alter the course of development in the change prediction process.

Conduct scenario mapping by creating either a hard prediction map based on a multi-objective land competition model with a single realization or a soft prediction map that is a continuous map of vulnerability to change.

Impact Analysis

Assess the effect of land cover change on habitat including habitat status and assessment, habitat change analysis, gap analysis, and landscape pattern analysis.

Perform species distribution modeling and the refinement of species range polygon maps.

Calculate biodiversity through mapping of alpha diversity, gamma diversity, beta diversity, Sorensen's dissimilarity, and range restriction.

Land Planning

Generate biological corridor designs that are optimized for habitat suitability, ecological significance and protection status.

Learn more about Land Change Modeler for ArcGIS

Land Change Modeler for ArcGIS Brochure (PDF)
Land Change Modeler Help File
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The Land Change Modeler for ArcGIS extension includes an extensive set of tools for the analysis of land cover change, the prediction of change and the assessment of change on habitat and biodiversity.

A utility is provided for mapping the spatial trend of change--a very useful abstraction tool in areas of complex change. Polynomial trend surfaces up to the 9th order can be mapped.

One result of the prediction process is a hard prediction map, a single realization, that is shown here. During the set-up of the change prediction analysis, you can specify variables to be dynamic. You can also specify the presence of planning interventions and major infrastructure improvements.

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The Biodiversity Analysis panel provides the capability of mapping five different measures of biodiversity: alpha, gamma and beta diversity (Whittaker’s), Sorensen’s Dissimilarity Index and an index of relative range restriction.