In this report, a graphical user interface
for the Land-Use Change and Analysis
System (LUCAS) is presented. LUCAS is a UNIX-based software tool that enables
the study of the effects of land use on landscape structure [B
92].
The motivation
for the LUCAS Graphical User Interface or GUI and pertinent background
information (see also [Mac94])
is presented in this
chapter. Chapter 2 describes the design considerations of the LUCAS GUI. In
Chapter 3,
the implementation of the LUCAS GUI is discussed followed by a sample
LUCAS session in
Chapter 4. The current computing environment for LUCAS simulations and a
discussion of future LUCAS GUI development is presented in Chapter 5.
Default interface selections are provided in Appendix 
along with
information on customizable interface resources in Appendix
.
A list of land-use scenarios for the simulation of land-cover change in the
Little Tennessee River basin is provided in Appendix .