User Defaults

LUCAS provides a default value for each selection available on the Setup Menu. These defaults are listed below.

• Watershed: the watershed which is parsed from the first scenario file located in the directory indicated by the LUCAS_DIR environment variable concatenated with SCENARIOS.
• Mapset: the mapset which is parsed from the first mapset directory located in the directory indicated by the GISDBASE environment variable concatenated with the selected watershed and on which the user has ownership.
• Scenario: the scenario title which is parsed from the first scenario file located in the directory indicated by the LUCAS_DIR environment variable concatenated with SCENARIOS.
• Number of Replicates: 1
• Number of Timesteps: 1
• Number of Maps Saved per Replicate: 0
• Landscape Change Method: pixel-based
• Beginning Map Year: 1991
• Species: none