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¾ Click the OK button in the Edit Log File dialog window. A Save as dialog window
opens where you are required to name and save the project file of MCK in *.log
format. Name the log file and press the OK button in the Save as window.
A *.log file is actually a file which contains a reference to one or several maps that you want
to perform comparisons. When you open a log file in MCK, you can easily load all maps
referred in the log file.
¾ Select the maps that you want to analyse from the dropdown list in the toolbar next to
and next to
, for instance, Land use map_2006.rst as Map 1 and Land use
map_2030.rst as Map 2.
¾ Click the 1 button to open the land use map for 2003 in the 1st Map window and click
the 2 button to open the land use map for 2030 in the 2nd Map window.
Note that the current legends in the left side of the map windows are still set by default. There
are two ways to change the legend files of the land use maps that you imported in the MCK.
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Edit the legend one by one in the Legend Editor by clicking on the Legend… option
on the Edit menu on the menu bar. For more information, we refer the MCK user
manual.
Copy
the
content
of
the
land
use
legend
file
\My
documents\Geonamica\Metronamica\Legends\LandUse.txt that you used in
METRONAMICA to the legend file \Legends\Land Use.txt that the Land use theme in
MCK is used. This way you can have the same legend for the land use maps in MCK
as the one used in METRONAMICA.
Now you are going to set comparison algorithm.
on the toolbar. The Comparison algorithm dialog
¾ Click the Algorithm button
window opens.
¾ Click the checkbox in front of Per category in the Comparison algorithm window.
Press the OK button on the top-right of the window.
¾ Now to choose which land use you want to investigate, click the Parameters button
on the toolbar. The Algorithm settings: Per category dialog window opens.
¾ Select Agriculture land use and click the OK button in the Algorithm settings: Per
category dialog window.
on the toolbar. Now the Result map: Per category
¾ Click the Compare button
Agriculture opens where there are 4 options available: in none of the maps, in both
maps, only in map 1 and not in map 2 and only in map 2 and not in map 1.
Besides the land use map, you can also analyse other categorical maps (e.g. Urban cluster) in
the same way. To do this, import and select another type of categorical map from the
dropdown list on the toolbar and repeat the steps above.
If you are interested in looking at the statistical information regarding changes, you can go to
on the toolbar.
the option Result statistic on the Options menu or press the Statistics button
Numerical maps, like the accessibility maps, suitability maps, value at stake maps etc that
show numerical values, can be compared using measures that can be found under the
Compare numerical maps in the Comparison Algorithm window.
Select the total potential maps for certain land use (or any other numerical map) in the
dropdown list on the toolbar.
¾ Click the Algorithm button on the toolbar. The Comparison Algorithm dialog window
opens.
¾ Select Comparison Algorithm → Compare numerical maps → Cell by cell → b-a.
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