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USGS
Global Land Cover Characterization Program
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Available
at:
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http://lpdaac.usgs.gov/glcc/glcc.asp
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Data
reference:
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United States Geological Survey / EDC /
UNL / JRC
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Year:
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since 1992
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| Version: |
1/2
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Available
data products:
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Products
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Scale/spatial
resolution:
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1km
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Classification
system:
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Remote
sensing data:
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AVHRR
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Interpretation
process:
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Projection:
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Interrupted
Goode Homolosine
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Minimum Mapping Unit:
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Land Cover Classes:
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Objective:
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The overall goal is to produce flexible large-area land cover databases
to
meet
evolving requirements of the earth science research community
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File
Format:
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binary
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Data
release
policy:
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Open access |
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Costs:
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For free
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Updates:
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No information
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