MOLUSCE (Modules for Land Use Change Simulations) is a QGIS plugin for land use change analysis and prediction, providing tools for evaluating spatial change dynamics and modeling future land-use scenarios.
Designed for researchers, planners, and GIS analysts, MOLUSCE makes it easy to analyze historical land-use changes and build predictive models. All within QGIS.
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Calculate transition matricies and class statistics
Precise comparison of historical land use raster -
Build rasters describing the change
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Build land-use change models using machine learning methods
Using Artificial Neural Networks, Logistic Regression, Weights of Evidence or Milti Criteria Evaluation methods -
Detailed analysis of model certainty and transition probabilities
- Produce maps of predicted change
- Built-in mechanism to validate predictive models
- QGIS Toolbox tools to prepare raster and vector datasets for MOLUSCE workflows
Install MOLUSCE from the official QGIS Plugin Repository:
🔍 QGIS → Plugins → Manage and Install Plugins… → search for MOLUSCE
🎥 Videos:
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MOLUSCE 4 — LULC change detection and prediction with free QGIS tool. Land Use Change Simulations
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MOLUSCE 5 — New Features: Separate spatial variables for simulation and Model Save/Load
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MOLUSCE 5.2 — New Features: Data preparation toolbox tools, Sample points as temporary layer, Qt6
MOLUSCE is licensed under GNU GPL v2 or any later version