1.5 DISPLAY OF SIMULATION RESULTS
All results of the simulation are saved in the installation directory. To display the
simulation results it is needed to use a GIS package.
Use of ArcView 3.x
Start ArcView and make sure that the Spatial Analyst extension is installed and
activated: File | Extensions | Check ‘Spatial Analyst’ | OK
Open a new View by selecting ‘Views’ from the project window and click the ‘New’
button.
Import the file with simulation results that you want to display: File | Import Data Source.
Select import file type: ASCII Raster | OK.
Select the file with simulation results. Go to the installation directory of CLUE-S. Note:
the installation directory should not contain spaces or special characters, since this
might disturb the import of ASCII files in ArcView. Set ‘List Files of Type:’ at ‘All Files
(*.*)’. The simulation results are stored in files called: cov_all.* where * indicates the year
after the start of the simulation. Select the file you want, e.g. cov_all.10 and click ‘OK’.
Specify a name and directory where you want to store the resulting grid, e.g., YEAR10.
The program will prompt: ‘Cell values as integers?’. Click: ‘Yes’.
The program will prompt: ‘Add grid as theme to the View?’. Click: ‘Yes’.
The result of the simulation can now be seen on the screen and analysed using ArcView
(Figure 12).