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This layer displays a global map of land use/land cover (LULC) derived from ESA Sentinel-2 imagery at 10m resolution. Each year is generated with Impact Observatory’s deep learning AI land classification model, trained using billions of human-labeled image pixels from the National Geographic Society. The global maps are produced by applying this model to the Sentinel-2 Level-2A image collection on Microsoft’s Planetary Computer, processing over 400,000 Earth observations per year.The algorithm generates LULC predictions for nine classes, described in detail below. The year 2017 has a land cover class assigned for every pixel, but its class is based upon fewer images than the other years. The years 2018-2024 are based upon a more complete set of imagery. For this reason, the year 2017 may have less accurate land cover class assignments than the years 2018-2024. Key Properties Variable mapped: Land use/land cover in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024Source Data Coordinate System: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) WGS84Service Coordinate System: Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere WGS84 (EPSG:3857)Extent: GlobalSource imagery: Sentinel-2 L2ACell Size: 10-metersType: ThematicAttribution: Esri, Impact ObservatoryAnalysis: Optimized for analysisClass Definitions: ValueNameDescription1WaterAreas where water was predominantly present throughout the year; may not cover areas with sporadic or ephemeral water; contains little to no sparse vegetation, no rock outcrop nor built up features like docks; examples: rivers, ponds, lakes, oceans, flooded salt plains.2TreesAny significant clustering of tall (~15 feet or higher) dense vegetation, typically with a closed or dense canopy; examples: wooded vegetation, clusters of dense tall vegetation within savannas, plantations, swamp or mangroves (dense/tall vegetation with ephemeral water or canopy too thick to detect water underneath).4Flooded vegetationAreas of any type of vegetation with obvious intermixing of water throughout a majority of the year; seasonally flooded area that is a mix of grass/shrub/trees/bare ground; examples: flooded mangroves, emergent vegetation, rice paddies and other heavily irrigated and inundated agriculture.5CropsHuman planted/plotted cereals, grasses, and crops not at tree height; examples: corn, wheat, soy, fallow plots of structured land.7Built AreaHuman made structures; major road and rail networks; large homogenous impervious surfaces including parking structures, office buildings and residential housing; examples: houses, dense villages / towns / cities, paved roads, asphalt.8Bare groundAreas of rock or soil with very sparse to no vegetation for the entire year; large areas of sand and deserts with no to little vegetation; examples: exposed rock or soil, desert and sand dunes, dry salt flats/pans, dried lake beds, mines.9Snow/IceLarge homogenous areas of permanent snow or ice, typically only in mountain areas or highest latitudes; examples: glaciers, permanent snowpack, snow fields.10CloudsNo land cover information due to persistent cloud cover.11RangelandOpen areas covered in homogenous grasses with little to no taller vegetation; wild cereals and grasses with no obvious human plotting (i.e., not a plotted field); examples: natural meadows and fields with sparse to no tree cover, open savanna with few to no trees, parks/golf courses/lawns, pastures. Mix of small clusters of plants or single plants dispersed on a landscape that shows exposed soil or rock; scrub-filled clearings within dense forests that are clearly not taller than trees; examples: moderate to sparse cover of bushes, shrubs and tufts of grass, savannas with very sparse grasses, trees or other plants.NOTE: Land use focus does not provide the spatial detail of a land cover map. As such, for the built area classification, yards, parks, and groves will appear as built area rather than trees or rangeland classes.Usage Information and Best PracticesProcessing TemplatesThis layer includes a number of preconfigured processing templates (raster function templates) to provide on-the-fly data rendering and class isolation for visualization and analysis. Each processing template includes labels and descriptions to characterize the intended usage. This may include for visualization, for analysis, or for both visualization and analysis. VisualizationThe default rendering on this layer displays all classes.There are a number of on-the-fly renderings/processing templates designed specifically for data visualization.By default, the most recent year is displayed. To discover and isolate specific years for visualization in Map Viewer, try using the Image Collection Explorer. AnalysisIn order to leverage the optimization for analysis, the capability must be enabled by your ArcGIS organization administrator. More information on enabling this feature can be found in the ‘Regional data hosting’ section of this help doc.Optimized for analysis means this layer does not have size constraints for analysis and it is recommended for multisource analysis with other layers optimized for analysis. See this group for a complete list of imagery layers optimized for analysis.Prior to running analysis, users should always provide some form of data selection with either a layer filter (e.g. for a specific date range, cloud cover percent, mission, etc.) or by selecting specific images. To discover and isolate specific images for analysis in Map Viewer, try using the Image Collection Explorer.Zonal Statistics is a common tool used for understanding the composition of a specified area by reporting the total estimates for each of the classes. GeneralIf you are new to Sentinel-2 LULC, the Sentinel-2 Land Cover Explorer provides a good introductory user experience for working with this imagery layer. For more information, see this Quick Start Guide.Global land use/land cover maps provide information on conservation planning, food security, and hydrologic modeling, among other things. This dataset can be used to visualize land use/land cover anywhere on Earth. Classification ProcessThese maps include Version 003 of the global Sentinel-2 land use/land cover data product. It is produced by a deep learning model trained using over five billion hand-labeled Sentinel-2 pixels, sampled from over 20,000 sites distributed across all major biomes of the world.The underlying deep learning model uses 6-bands of Sentinel-2 L2A surface reflectance data: visible blue, green, red, near infrared, and two shortwave infrared bands. To create the final map, the model is run on multiple dates of imagery throughout the year, and the outputs are composited into a final representative map for each year.The input Sentinel-2 L2A data was accessed via Microsoft’s Planetary Computer and scaled using Microsoft Azure Batch. CitationKarra, Kontgis, et al. “Global land use/land cover with Sentinel-2 and deep learning.” IGARSS 2021-2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2021.AcknowledgementsTraining data for this project makes use of the National Geographic Society Dynamic World training dataset, produced for the Dynamic World Project by National Geographic Society in partnership with Google and the World Resources Institute.
This map features Africa Land Cover at 30m resolution from MDAUS BaseVue 2013, referencing the World Land Cover 30m BaseVue 2013 layer.Land cover data represent a descriptive thematic surface for characteristics of the land's surface such as densities or types of developed areas, agricultural lands, and natural vegetation regimes. Land cover data are the result of a model, so a good way to think of the values in each cell are as the predominating value rather than the only characteristic in that cell.Land use and land cover data are critical and fundamental for environmental monitoring, planning, and assessment.Dataset SummaryBaseVue 2013 is a commercial global, land use / land cover (LULC) product developed by MDA. BaseVue covers the Earth’s entire land area, excluding Antarctica. BaseVue is independently derived from roughly 9,200 Landsat 8 images and is the highest spatial resolution (30m), most current LULC product available. The capture dates for the Landsat 8 imagery range from April 11, 2013 to June 29, 2014. The following 16 classes of land use / land cover are listed by their cell value in this layer: Deciduous Forest: Trees > 3 meters in height, canopy closure >35% (<25% inter-mixture with evergreen species) that seasonally lose their leaves, except Larch.Evergreen Forest: Trees >3 meters in height, canopy closure >35% (<25% inter-mixture with deciduous species), of species that do not lose leaves. (will include coniferous Larch regardless of deciduous nature).Shrub/Scrub: Woody vegetation <3 meters in height, > 10% ground cover. Only collect >30% ground cover.Grassland: Herbaceous grasses, > 10% cover, including pasture lands. Only collect >30% cover.Barren or Minimal Vegetation: Land with minimal vegetation (<10%) including rock, sand, clay, beaches, quarries, strip mines, and gravel pits. Salt flats, playas, and non-tidal mud flats are also included when not inundated with water.Not Used (in other MDA products 6 represents urban areas or built up areas, which have been split here in into values 20 and 21).Agriculture, General: Cultivated crop landsAgriculture, Paddy: Crop lands characterized by inundation for a substantial portion of the growing seasonWetland: Areas where the water table is at or near the surface for a substantial portion of the growing season, including herbaceous and woody species (except mangrove species)Mangrove: Coastal (tropical wetlands) dominated by Mangrove speciesWater: All water bodies greater than 0.08 hectares (1 LS pixel) including oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streamsIce / Snow: Land areas covered permanently or nearly permanent with ice or snowClouds: Areas where no land cover interpretation is possible due to obstruction from clouds, cloud shadows, smoke, haze, or satellite malfunctionWoody Wetlands: Areas where forest or shrubland vegetation accounts for greater than 20% of vegetative cover and the soil or substrate periodically is saturated with, or covered by water. Only used within the continental U.S.Mixed Forest: Areas dominated by trees generally greater than 5 meters tall, and greater than 20% of total vegetation cover. Neither deciduous nor evergreen species are greater than 75% of total tree cover. Only used within the continental U.S.Not UsedNot UsedNot UsedNot UsedHigh Density Urban: Areas with over 70% of constructed materials that are a minimum of 60 meters wide (asphalt, concrete, buildings, etc.). Includes residential areas with a mixture of constructed materials and vegetation where constructed materials account for >60%. Commercial, industrial, and transportation i.e., Train stations, airports, etc.Medium-Low Density Urban: Areas with 30%-70% of constructed materials that are a minimum of 60 meters wide (asphalt, concrete, buildings, etc.). Includes residential areas with a mixture of constructed materials and vegetation, where constructed materials account for greater than 40%. Commercial, industrial, and transportation i.e., Train stations, airports, etc.MDA updated the underlying data in late 2016 and this service was updated in February 2017. An improved selection of cloud-free images was used to produce the update, resulting in improvement of classification quality to 80% of the tiles for this service.What can you do with this layer?This layer can be used to create maps and to visualize the underlying data across the ArcGIS platform. It can also be used as an analytic input in ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro.This layer has query, identify, and export image services available. The layer is restricted to an 16,000 x 16,000 pixel limit, which represents an area of nearly 300 miles on a side. This layer is part of a larger collection of landscape layers that you can use to perform a wide variety of mapping and analysis tasks.
Important Note: This item is in mature support as of June 2024 and will be retired in December 2026. A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version. Areas protected from conversion include areas that are permanently protected and managed for biodiversity such as Wilderness Areas and National Parks. In addition to protected lands, portions of areas protected from conversion includes multiple-use lands that are subject to extractive uses such as mining, logging, and off-highway vehicle use. These areas are managed to maintain a mostly undeveloped landscape including many areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service.The Protected Areas Database of the United States classifies lands into four GAP Status classes. This layer displays lands managed for biodiversity conservation (GAP Status 1 and 2) and multiple-use lands (GAP Status 3). Dataset SummaryPhenomenon Mapped: Protected and multiple-use lands (GAP Status 1, 2, and 3)Units: MetersCell Size: 30.92208102 metersSource Type: ThematicPixel Type: 8-bit unsigned integerData Coordinate System: WGS 1984Mosaic Projection: Web Mercator Auxiliary SphereExtent: 50 United States plus Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.Source: USGS National Gap Analysis Program PAD-US version 3.0Publication Date: July 2022ArcGIS Server URL: https://landscape10.arcgis.com/arcgis/This layer displays protected areas from the Protected Areas Database of the United States version 3.0 created by the USGS National Gap Analysis Program. This layer displays areas managed for biodiversity where natural disturbances are allowed to proceed or are mimicked by management (GAP Status 1), areas managed for biodiversity where natural disturbance is suppressed (GAP Status 2), and multiple-use lands where extract activities are allowed (GAP Status 3). The source data for this layer are available here. A feature layer published from this dataset is also available.The polygon vector layer was converted to raster layers using the Polygon to Raster Tool using the National Elevation Dataset 1 arc second product as a snap raster.The service behind this layer was published with 8 functions allowing the user to select different views of the service. Other layers created from this service using functions include:USA Protected AreasUSA Unprotected AreasUSA Protected Areas - Gap Status 1-4USA Protected Areas - Gap Status 1USA Protected Areas - Gap Status 2USA Protected Areas - Gap Status 3USA Protected Areas - Gap Status 4What can you do with this layer? This layer is suitable for both visualization and analysis across the ArcGIS system. This layer can be combined with your data and other layers from the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro to create powerful web maps that can be used alone or in a story map or other application.Because this layer is part of the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World it is easy to add to your map:In ArcGIS Online, you can add this layer to a map by selecting Add then Browse Living Atlas Layers. A window will open. Type "Protected from Land Cover Conversion" in the search box and browse to the layer. Select the layer then click Add to Map.In ArcGIS Pro, open a map and select Add Data from the Map Tab. Select Data at the top of the drop down menu. The Add Data dialog box will open on the left side of the box, expand Portal if necessary, then select Living Atlas. Type "Protected from Land Cover Conversion" in the search box, browse to the layer then click OK.In ArcGIS Pro you can use the built-in raster functions to create custom extracts of the data. Imagery layers provide fast, powerful inputs to geoprocessing tools, models, or Python scripts in Pro.The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World provides an easy way to explore many other beautiful and authoritative maps on hundreds of topics like this one.
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The annual land cover data of Nepal (2000-2022) have been created through the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) for Nepal. The system uses freely available remote-sensing data (Landsat) and a cloud-based machine learning architecture in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to generate land cover maps on an annual basis using a harmonized and consistent classification system.
The NLCMS is developed by the Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC), Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government of Nepal with support from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH), a joint initiative in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Collaborators include SERVIR–Mekong at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), SilvaCarbon, Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) group at the University of Maryland, and the US Forest Service.
The annual land cover data of Nepal for 2000-2019 was first published in 2022 while the data for 2020-2022 was released in 2024.
NOTICE TO PROVISIONAL 2023 LAND USE DATA USERS: Please note that on December 6, 2024 the Department of Water Resources (DWR) published the Provisional 2023 Statewide Crop Mapping dataset. The link for the shapefile format of the data mistakenly linked to the wrong dataset. The link was updated with the appropriate data on January 27, 2025. If you downloaded the Provisional 2023 Statewide Crop Mapping dataset in shapefile format between December 6, 2024 and January 27, we encourage you to redownload the data. The Map Service and Geodatabase formats were correct as posted on December 06, 2024.
Thank you for your interest in DWR land use datasets.
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has been collecting land use data throughout the state and using it to develop agricultural water use estimates for statewide and regional planning purposes, including water use projections, water use efficiency evaluations, groundwater model developments, climate change mitigation and adaptations, and water transfers. These data are essential for regional analysis and decision making, which has become increasingly important as DWR and other state agencies seek to address resource management issues, regulatory compliances, environmental impacts, ecosystem services, urban and economic development, and other issues. Increased availability of digital satellite imagery, aerial photography, and new analytical tools make remote sensing-based land use surveys possible at a field scale that is comparable to that of DWR’s historical on the ground field surveys. Current technologies allow accurate large-scale crop and land use identifications to be performed at desired time increments and make possible more frequent and comprehensive statewide land use information. Responding to this need, DWR sought expertise and support for identifying crop types and other land uses and quantifying crop acreages statewide using remotely sensed imagery and associated analytical techniques. Currently, Statewide Crop Maps are available for the Water Years 2014, 2016, 2018- 2022 and PROVISIONALLY for 2023.
Historic County Land Use Surveys spanning 1986 - 2015 may also be accessed using the CADWR Land Use Data Viewer: https://gis.water.ca.gov/app/CADWRLandUseViewer.
For Regional Land Use Surveys follow: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/region-land-use-surveys.
For County Land Use Surveys follow: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/county-land-use-surveys.
For a collection of ArcGIS Web Applications that provide information on the DWR Land Use Program and our data products in various formats, visit the DWR Land Use Gallery: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/dd14ceff7d754e85ab9c7ec84fb8790a.
Recommended citation for DWR land use data: California Department of Water Resources. (Water Year for the data). Statewide Crop Mapping—California Natural Resources Agency Open Data. Retrieved “Month Day, YEAR,” from https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/statewide-crop-mapping.
Important Note: This item is in mature support as of June 2024 and will be retired in December 2026. A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version.WorldCover provides a new baseline global land cover product at 10 m resolution for 2020 based on Sentinel-1 and 2 data. It was developed and validated in almost near-real time and at the same time maximizes the impact and uptake for the end users.Variable mapped: 11 land cover classesData Projection: WGS84 (WKID 4326)Mosaic Projection: Web Mercator (WKID3857)Extent: WorldCell Size: 8.33333333333333E-05 degrees (10m)Source Type: 8 bit unsignedVisible Scale: All scales are visibleSource: ESA (European Space Agency)Publication Date: October 20, 2021More Details from the WorldCover consortium: https://esa-worldcover.org/enClasses10. Tree CoverThis class includes any geographic area dominated by trees with a cover of 10% or more. Other land cover classes (shrubs and/or herbs in the understorey, built-up, permanent water bodies, …) can be present below the canopy, even with a density higher than trees. Areas planted with trees for afforestation purposes and plantations (e.g. oil palm, olive trees) are included in this class. This class also includes tree covered areas seasonally or permanently flooded with fresh water except for mangroves.20. ShrublandThis class includes any geographic area dominated by natural shrubs having a cover of 10% or more. Shrubs are defined as woody perennial plants with persistent and woody stems and without any defined main stem being less than 5 m tall. Trees can be present in scattered form if their cover is less than 10%. Herbaceous plants can also be present at any density. The shrub foliage can be either evergreen or deciduous.30. GrasslandThis class includes any geographic area dominated by natural herbaceous plants (Plants without persistent stem or shoots above ground and lacking definite firm structure): (grasslands, prairies, steppes, savannahs, pastures) with a cover of 10% or more, irrespective of different human and/or animal activities, such as: grazing, selective fire management etc. Woody plants (trees and/or shrubs) can be present assuming their cover is less than 10%. It may also contain uncultivated cropland areas (without harvest/ bare soil period) in the reference year.40. CroplandLand covered with annual cropland that is sowed/planted and harvestable at least once within the 12 months after thesowing/planting date. The annual cropland produces an herbaceous cover and is sometimes combined with some tree or woody vegetation. Note that perennial woody crops will be classified as the appropriate tree cover or shrub land cover type. Greenhouses are considered as built-up.50. Built-upLand covered by buildings, roads and other man-made structures such as railroads. Buildings include both residential and industrial building. Urban green (parks, sport facilities) is not included in this class. Waste dump deposits and extraction sites are considered as bare.60. Bare or sparse vegetationLands with exposed soil, sand, or rocks and never has more than 10 % vegetated cover during any time of the year.70. Snow and IceThis class includes any geographic area covered by snow or glaciers persistently.80. Permanent water bodiesThis class includes any geographic area covered for most of the year (more than 9 months) by water bodies: lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. Can be either fresh or salt-water bodies. In some cases the water can be frozen for part of the year (less than 9 months).90. Herbaceous wetlandLand dominated by natural herbaceous vegetation (cover of 10% or more) that is permanently or regularly flooded by fresh, brackish or salt water. It excludes unvegetated sediment (see 60), swamp forests (classified as tree cover) and mangroves see 95).95. MangrovesTaxonomically diverse, salt-tolerant tree and other plant species which thrive in intertidal zones of sheltered tropical shores, "overwash" islands, and estuaries.100. Moss and lichenLand covered with lichens and/or mosses. Lichens are composite organisms formed from the symbiotic association of fungi and algae. Mosses contain photo-autotrophic land plants without true leaves, stems, roots but with leaf-and stemlike organs.
NOTICE TO PROVISIONAL 2023 LAND USE DATA USERS: Please note that on December 6, 2024 the Department of Water Resources (DWR) published the Provisional 2023 Statewide Crop Mapping dataset. The link for the shapefile format of the data mistakenly linked to the wrong dataset. The link was updated with the appropriate data on January 27, 2025. If you downloaded the Provisional 2023 Statewide Crop Mapping dataset in shapefile format between December 6, 2024 and January 27, we encourage you to redownload the data. The Map Service and Geodatabase formats were correct as posted on December 06, 2024.
Thank you for your interest in DWR land use datasets.
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has been collecting land use data throughout the state and using it to develop agricultural water use estimates for statewide and regional planning purposes, including water use projections, water use efficiency evaluations, groundwater model developments, climate change mitigation and adaptations, and water transfers. These data are essential for regional analysis and decision making, which has become increasingly important as DWR and other state agencies seek to address resource management issues, regulatory compliances, environmental impacts, ecosystem services, urban and economic development, and other issues. Increased availability of digital satellite imagery, aerial photography, and new analytical tools make remote sensing-based land use surveys possible at a field scale that is comparable to that of DWR’s historical on the ground field surveys. Current technologies allow accurate large-scale crop and land use identifications to be performed at desired time increments and make possible more frequent and comprehensive statewide land use information. Responding to this need, DWR sought expertise and support for identifying crop types and other land uses and quantifying crop acreages statewide using remotely sensed imagery and associated analytical techniques. Currently, Statewide Crop Maps are available for the Water Years 2014, 2016, 2018- 2022 and PROVISIONALLY for 2023.
Historic County Land Use Surveys spanning 1986 - 2015 may also be accessed using the CADWR Land Use Data Viewer: https://gis.water.ca.gov/app/CADWRLandUseViewer.
For Regional Land Use Surveys follow: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/region-land-use-surveys.
For County Land Use Surveys follow: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/county-land-use-surveys.
For a collection of ArcGIS Web Applications that provide information on the DWR Land Use Program and our data products in various formats, visit the DWR Land Use Gallery: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/dd14ceff7d754e85ab9c7ec84fb8790a.
Recommended citation for DWR land use data: California Department of Water Resources. (Water Year for the data). Statewide Crop Mapping—California Natural Resources Agency Open Data. Retrieved “Month Day, YEAR,” from https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/statewide-crop-mapping.
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AbstractForests of Australia (2023) is a continental spatial dataset of forest extent, by national forest categories and types, assembled for Australia's State of the Forests Report. It was developed from multiple forest, vegetation and land cover data inputs, including contributions from Australian, state and territory government agencies and external sources.A forest is defined in this dataset as "An area, incorporating all living and non-living components, that is dominated by trees having usually a single stem and a mature or potentially mature stand height exceeding two metres and with existing or potential crown cover of overstorey strata about equal to or greater than 20 per cent. This includes Australia's diverse native forests and plantations, regardless of age. It is also sufficiently broad to encompass areas of trees that are sometimes described as woodlands".The dataset was compiled by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) for the National Forest Inventory (NFI), a collaborative partnership between the Australian and state and territory governments. The role of the NFI is to collate, integrate and communicate information on Australia's forests. State and territory government agencies collect forest data using independent methods and at varying scales or resolutions. The NFI applies a national classification to state and territory data to allow seamless integration of these datasets. Multiple independent sources of external data are used to fill data gaps and improve the quality of the final dataset.The NFI classifies forests into three national forest categories (Native Forest, Commercial plantation, and other forest) and then into various forest types. Commercial plantations presented in this dataset were sourced from the National Plantation Inventory (NPI) spatial dataset (2021), also produced by ABARES.Another dataset produced by ABARES, the Catchment scale land use of Australia CLUM dataset (2020), was used to identify and mask out land uses that are inappropriate to map as forest.The Forests of Australia (2023) dataset is produced to fulfil requirements of Australia's National Forest Policy Statement and the Regional Forests Agreement Act 2002 (Cwth) and is used by the Australian Government for domestic and international reporting.Previous versions of this dataset are available on the Forests Australia website spatial data page and the Australian Government open government data portaldata.gov.au.CurrencyDate modified: 30 November 2023Modification frequency: Every 5 yearsData extentSpatial extentNorth: -8.2°South: -44.4°East: 157.2°West: 109.5°Source informationData, Metadata, Maps and Interactive views are available from ABARES website.Forests of Australia (2023) – Descriptive metadata.The data was obtained from Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). ABARES is providing this data to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.Lineage statementPresented on this page is a summarised lineage on the development of state and territory datasets for Forests of Australia (2023). The dataset has been produced using the Multiple Lines of Evidence (MLE) method for publication in the Australia’s State of the Forests Report – 2023 update. Detailed lineage information can be found here.Forests of Australia (2023) is a continental spatial dataset of forest extent, by national forest categories and types, assembled for Australia's State of the Forests Report – 2023 update. It was developed from multiple forest, vegetation and land cover data inputs, including contributions from Australian, state and territory government agencies and external sources.For each state or territory, except for the ACT where there was no new data, intersection of the Forests of Australia (2018) dataset with a forest cover dataset supplied by the jurisdiction, and with other available and appropriate independent forest cover datasets, identified:High confidence areas – areas where all the examined datasets agreed with the Forests of Australia (2018) dataset that the areas were forest or non-forest. No further assessment was required for these areas.Moderate confidence areas – areas where the Forests of Australia (2018) dataset agreed with the forest cover dataset supplied by state or territory, and with external or independent datasets, that the areas were forest or non-forest. These areas were identified as potential errors and needed further analysis in order to determine the correct allocation (forest or non-forest). The required analyses and validation were conducted by ABARES, in consultation with relevant state and territory agencies, using various ancillary data including high-resolution imagery such as World Imagery by ESRI, Bing Maps and Google Earth Pro.Low confidence areas – areas where the Forests of Australia (2018) dataset disagreed with the forest cover dataset supplied by state or territory, and with external or independent datasets, that the areas were forest or non-forest. All such areas were identified as potential errors and needed further analysis in order to determine the correct allocation (forest or non-forest). The required analyses and validation were conducted by ABARES, in consultation with relevant state and territory agencies, using various ancillary data including high-resolution imagery such as World Imagery by ESRI, Bing Maps and Google Earth Pro.External or independent datasets used include:H_Woody_Fuzzy_2_Class dataset is based on the NGGI dataset produced by DCCEEW from Landsat data and was developed to support New South Wales Natural Resources Commission’s (NRC) Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Program. NRC applied Fuzzy Logic and Probability modelling to the NGGI dataset to derive annual layers distinguishing between forest and non-forest at 25 m raster resolution. Each of five annual layers, 2015 to 2019, was resampled to a 100 m raster by classifying as forest the 100 m pixels that had more than half their area as forest as determined from 25 m pixels. The five annual layers were combined and every pixel in the combination that had been classified as forest in any year during 2015-2019 period was allocated as forest (and the balance non-forest). This approach was taken to prevent areas where the crown cover had reduced temporarily below 20%, through events such as fire, harvesting, drought or disease, from being incorrectly classified as non-forest.State-wide Land and Tree Study (SLATS) dataset is based on data collected by the Landsat satellite. This dataset was available for Queensland only. Foliage Projective Cover (FPC) values of 11 or greater (equivalent to crown cover 20% or greater) were considered as forest candidates in this SLATS dataset. The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) version 6.0 dataset was used to identify areas in this SLATS dataset that met the height requirements of the forest definition used by the National Forest Inventory.The National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGGI) dataset is produced from Landsat satellite Thematic Mapper™, Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) and Operational Land Image (OLI) images for the Australian Government Department of the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), and identifies woody vegetation of height or potential height greater than 2 metres, crown cover greater than 20%, and with a minimum patch size of 0.2 hectares (DISER, 2021a) . The dataset is compiled using time-series data since 1972 and is produced at a 25 m × 25 m resolution. The NGGI dataset used was developed from the five annual layers (2016-2020, inclusive) from the ‘National Forest and sparse woody vegetation data (Version 5.0) spatial dataset produced using the algorithms for land-use change allocation developed for the National Inventory Reports (DISER, 2021b). Each layer of the original 25 m resolution, three-class (forest, sparse woody and non-forest) dataset was resampled to a binary (forest and non-forest) 100 m raster by classifying as forest the 100 m pixels that had more than half their area as forest; the sparse woody and non-forest classes were combined into a non-forest class. The five annual layers were then combined and every pixel in the combination that had been classified as forest in any year during 2016-2020 period was allocated as forest (and the balance non-forest). This approach was taken to prevent areas where the crown cover had reduced temporarily below 20%, through events such as fire, harvesting, drought or disease, from being incorrectly classified as non-forest.All input datasets were converted to 100m rasters (ESRI GRID format), aligning with relevant standard NFI state or territory masks (also known as NFI SNAP grids), in Albers projection. Where the input dataset was in polygon format, the Polygon to Raster tool was used to convert the polygon dataset to raster format, using the Maximum_Combined_Area option.Validation assessment results were incorporated to give improved and high-confidence forest cover datasets for each state or territory.Look-up tables translating the state or territory forest cover data to NFI forest types were used where provided. Where this information was not provided, it was derived by ABARES from translating Levels 5 and 6 of the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) version 6.0 attribute information to NFI forest types.This dataset has been converted from GeoTIFF to Multidimensional Cloud Raster Format (CRF) to facilitate publishing to the Digital Atlas of Australia (DAA).Date of extraction: February 2024.Data dictionaryAttribute nameDescriptionVALUEIdentifier of every unique combination of the following attributes: STATE, FOR_SOURCE, FOR_CODE, FOR_TYPE, FOR_CAT, HEIGHT and COVER.COUNTNumber of cells that belong to a particular VALUE. For this dataset, in which cell resolution is 100 by 100 metres.
Data Download: The Secured Areas 2024 dataset is also available as an ESRI polygon geodatabase dataset.The secured areas dataset shows public and private lands that are permanently secured against conversion to development, GAP 1-3, through fee ownership, easements, or permanent conservation restrictions. It also includes a set of more temporary easement and GAP 4 open space lands not permanently secured for nature conservation. TNC compiled these data from state, federal, and private sources and assigned a GAP Status and other standard attribute fields to the best of our ability. The Secured Areas dataset is a TNC product created primarily for estimating current extent and status of secured lands with a conservation focus, GAP 1-3. The non GAP 1-3 lands are less comprehensively mapped given the lack of their inclusion in some primary source datasets, but they are included as available in our source datasets. Any updates, corrections, or discrepancies with respect to official versions of source federal, state, or local protected areas databases should be viewed as provisional until such time as such changes have been reviewed and accepted by the official data stewards for those other protected areas databases.GAP STATUS GAP status is a classification developed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, to reflect the intent of the landowner or easement holder. GAP 1 and 2 are commonly thought of as “protected” for nature", while GAP 3 are “multiple-use” lands. Other temporary conservation easement lands and/or protected open space without a conservation value or intent are assigned GAP 4. (Citation: Crist, P.J., B. Thompson, T. C. Edwards, C. G. Homer, S. D. Bassett. 1998. Mapping and Categorizing Land Stewardship. A Handbook for Conducting Gap Analysis.) In addition to GAP 1-3 lands, in our TNC secured areas product we classified six additional classes of open space lands (permanent agricultural easements, temporary conservation easements, temporary agricultural easements, urban parks, state board lands, other GAP 4 lands). The following definitions guided our assignment of lands into the following nine classes:TNC CLASS CODE (fields TNCCLASS, TNCCLASS_D)1 = GAP 1: Permanently Secured for Nature and Natural Processes. Managed for biodiversity with all natural processes, little to no human intervention. Primary intention of the owner or easement holder is for biodiversity, nature protection, natural diversity, and natural processes. Land and water managed through natural processes including disturbances with little or no human intervention.Examples: wilderness area, some national parks2 = GAP 2 = Permanently Secured for Nature with Management: Managed for biodiversity, with hands on management or interventions. Primary intention of the owner or easement holder is for biodiversity conservation, nature protection, and natural diversity. Land and water managed for natural biodiversity conservation, but may include some hands on manipulation or suppression of disturbance and natural processes. Examples: national wildlife refuges, areas of critical environmental concern, inventoried roadless areas, some natural areas and preserves3 = GAP 3: Permanently Secured for Multiple Uses, including nature: Primary intention of the owner or easement holder for multiple uses. Strong focus on recreational use, game species production, timber production, grazing and other uses in additional to these lands providing some biodiversity value. May include extractive uses of a broad, low-intensity type (e.g. some logging. grazing) or of a localized intense type (e.g. mining, military artillery testing area, public access beach area within large natural state park). Examples: recreation focused protected areas such as state parks, state recreation areas, wildlife management areas, gamelands, state and national forests, local conservation lands with primary focus on recreational use.38 = State Board Lands and State Trust Lands: Lands in western and some southern states that are owned by the state and prevented from being developed, but which are managed to produce long term sustained revenue for the state’s educational system. These lands were separated from other protected multiple use lands in GAP 3. Most of these lands are subject to timber extraction and management for profitable forest product production. Some also have agricultural use and revenue generated from grazing and/or agricultural production leasing. These lands are not specifically managed for biodiversity values, and some are occasionally sold in periodic auctions by the state for revenue generation. Note this type of land is most commonly assigned GAP 3 in the PAD-US GAP classification.39 = Permanent Agricultural Easements: Conservation land where the primary intent is the preservation of farmland. Land is in a permanent agricultural easement or an easement to maintain grass cover. The land will not be converted to a built or paved development. Example: vegetable farm with permanent easement to prevent development. Note this type of land would be assigned GAP 4 in the PAD-US GAP classification.4 = GAP 4: Areas with no known mandate for permanent biodiversity protection. Municipal lands and other protected open space (e.g. town commons, historic parks) where the intention in management and the use of the open space is not for permanent biodiversity values. It was beyond our capacity to comprehensively compile these GAP 4 lands, and as such, they are included only where source data made it feasible to easily incorporate them. 5 = Temporary Natural Easements: Note this type of land would be assigned GAP 4 in the PAD-US GAP classification.6 = Temporary Agricultural Easements: Note this type of land would be assigned GAP 4 in the PAD-US GAP classification.9 = Urban Parks: While unlikely to have biodiversity value, urban parks provide important places for recreation and open space for people. We went through and identified parks whose name is recreation based (i.e. Playground, Community garden, Golf, fields, baseball, soccer, Mini, school, elementary, Triangle, Pool, Aquatic, Sports, Pool, Athletic, Pocket, Splash, Skate, Dog, Cemetery, Boat). Note this type of land would be assigned GAP 4 in the PAD-US GAP classification.OWNERSHIP DEFINITIONSThe type of owner or interest holder for each polygon was assigned to a set of simple reporting categories as follows (see fields = Fee_Own_T and InterstH_T )TVA -Tennessee Valley Authority, BLM -Bureau of Land Management, , BOR- Bureau of Reclamation, FWS - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, UFS - Forest Service, DOD - Department of Defense, ACE - Army Corps of Engineers , DOE - Department of Energy, NPS - National Park Service, NRC - Natural Resources Conservation Service, FED – Federal Other, TRB - American Indian Lands, SPR - State Park and Recreation , SDC - State Department of Conservation, SLB - State Land Board , SFW - State Fish and Wildlife, SNR - State Department of Natural Resources, STL -State Department of Land, STA - Other or Unknown State Land, REG - Regional Agency Land, LOC – Local Government (City, County), NGO - Non-Governmental Organization, PVT- Private, JNT - Joint , OTH- Other , UNK - UnknownPROTECTION TYPE DEFINITIONS: (see field PRO_TYPE_D)DesignationEasementEasement and DesignationFeeFee and DesignationFee and EasementFee, Easement, and DesignationDATA SOURCES: The 2024 CONUS Secured Areas dataset was compiled by TNC from multiple sources. These include state, federal, and other non-profit and land trust data. The primarily datasets are listed below. 1. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Gap Analysis Project (GAP), 2022. Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) 3.0: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Q9LQ4B.) Downloaded 1/10/2024 Note this dataset was used as the primary source outside of the Northeast 13 states. For the Northeast states, please see more detailed source information below.2. National Conservation Easement Database (NCED) https://www.conservationeasement.us/ Downloaded 1/12/2024. Note this dataset was used outside the Northeast 13 states. For Northeast states, please see more detailed source information below. 3. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Easements. 2024. Downloaded 1/12/2024 https://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/4. Conservation Science Partners, Inc. 2024. Wild and Scenic River corridor areas. Dataset compiled by Conservation Science Partners, Inc. for American Rivers as of 2/14/2024 (per. Communication Lise Comte , Conservation Science Partners, Inc. 2/14/2024)5. The Nature Conservancy. 2024. TNC Lands. Downloaded 3/1/2024.6. The Nature Conservancy Center for Resilient Conservation Science. 2021. Military Lands of the Southeast United States. Extracted from Secured areas spatial database (CONUS) 2021. https://tnc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e033e6bf6069459592903a04797b8b07.7. The Nature Conservancy Center for Resilient Conservation Science. 2022. Northeast States Secured Areas. https://tnc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=fb80d71d5aa74a91a25e55b6f1810574
Date of Images:5/5/2024Date of Next Image:N/ASummary:Scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center created these water extents on May 5, 20224 using PlanetScope imagery. These images can be used to see where open water is visible at the time of the satellite overpass. This product shows all water detected and differentiates between normal water areas and some flooded areas. This product was classified using WorldCover. It's important to note that all flooded areas may not be captured do to the sensors limitations of not being able to "see" through vegetation and buildings. To determine where additional flooding may have occurred, combine this layer with other data sets.Suggested Use:This product shows water that is detected by the sensor with different colors indicating different land cover/land use classifications from WorldCover that appear to have water and are potentially flooded.Blue (1): Known WaterRed (2): Flooded DevelopedGreen (3): Flooded VegetationOrange (4): Flooded Cropland/GrasslandGray (5): Clouds/Cloud Shadow(0): No DataSatellite/Sensor:PlanetScopeResolution:3 metersCredits:NASA Disasters Program, Includes copyrighted material of Planet Labs PBC. All rights reserved.Esri REST Endpoint:See URL section on the right side of page.WMS Endpoint: https://maps.disasters.nasa.gov/ags04/services/texas_flood_202405/planet_waterextents/MapServer/WMSServer
The Digital Geologic-GIS Map of Niobrara National Scenic River and Vicinity, Nebraska is composed of GIS data layers and GIS tables, and is available in the following GRI-supported GIS data formats: 1.) an ESRI file geodatabase (niob_geology.gdb), a 2.) Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) geopackage, and 3.) 2.2 KMZ/KML file for use in Google Earth, however, this format version of the map is limited in data layers presented and in access to GRI ancillary table information. The file geodatabase format is supported with a 1.) ArcGIS Pro map file (.mapx) file (niob_geology.mapx) and individual Pro layer (.lyrx) files (for each GIS data layer). The OGC geopackage is supported with a QGIS project (.qgz) file. Upon request, the GIS data is also available in ESRI shapefile format. Contact Stephanie O'Meara (see contact information below) to acquire the GIS data in these GIS data formats. In addition to the GIS data and supporting GIS files, three additional files comprise a GRI digital geologic-GIS dataset or map: 1.) a readme file (niob_geology_gis_readme.pdf), 2.) the GRI ancillary map information document (.pdf) file (niob_geology.pdf) which contains geologic unit descriptions, as well as other ancillary map information and graphics from the source map(s) used by the GRI in the production of the GRI digital geologic-GIS data for the park, and 3.) a user-friendly FAQ PDF version of the metadata (niob_geology_metadata_faq.pdf). Please read the niob_geology_gis_readme.pdf for information pertaining to the proper extraction of the GIS data and other map files. Google Earth software is available for free at: https://www.google.com/earth/versions/. QGIS software is available for free at: https://www.qgis.org/en/site/. Users are encouraged to only use the Google Earth data for basic visualization, and to use the GIS data for any type of data analysis or investigation. The data were completed as a component of the Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program, a National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Division funded program that is administered by the NPS Geologic Resources Division (GRD). For a complete listing of GRI products visit the GRI publications webpage: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/geologic-resources-inventory-products.htm. For more information about the Geologic Resources Inventory Program visit the GRI webpage: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/gri.htm. At the bottom of that webpage is a "Contact Us" link if you need additional information. You may also directly contact the program coordinator, Jason Kenworthy (jason_kenworthy@nps.gov). Source geologic maps and data used to complete this GRI digital dataset were provided by the following: U.S. Geological Survey. Detailed information concerning the sources used and their contribution the GRI product are listed in the Source Citation section(s) of this metadata record (niob_geology_metadata.txt or niob_geology_metadata_faq.pdf). Users of this data are cautioned about the locational accuracy of features within this dataset. Based on the source map scale of 1:100,000 and United States National Map Accuracy Standards features are within (horizontally) 50.8 meters or 166.7 feet of their actual location as presented by this dataset. Users of this data should thus not assume the location of features is exactly where they are portrayed in Google Earth, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS or other software used to display this dataset. All GIS and ancillary tables were produced as per the NPS GRI Geology-GIS Geodatabase Data Model v. 2.3. (available at: https://www.nps.gov/articles/gri-geodatabase-model.htm).
Dataset for the textbook Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science (3rd Edition), 2023 Fahui Wang, Lingbo Liu Main Book Citation: Wang, F., & Liu, L. (2023). Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science (3rd ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003292302 KNIME Lab Manual Citation: Liu, L., & Wang, F. (2023). Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science - Lab Manual. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003304357 KNIME Hub Dataset and Workflow for Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science-Lab Manual Update Log If Python package not found in Package Management, use ArcGIS Pro's Python Command Prompt to install them, e.g., conda install -c conda-forge python-igraph leidenalg NetworkCommDetPro in CMGIS-V3-Tools was updated on July 10,2024 Add spatial adjacency table into Florida on June 29,2024 The dataset and tool for ABM Crime Simulation were updated on August 3, 2023, The toolkits in CMGIS-V3-Tools was updated on August 3rd,2023. Report Issues on GitHub https://github.com/UrbanGISer/Computational-Methods-and-GIS-Applications-in-Social-Science Following the website of Fahui Wang : http://faculty.lsu.edu/fahui Contents Chapter 1. Getting Started with ArcGIS: Data Management and Basic Spatial Analysis Tools Case Study 1: Mapping and Analyzing Population Density Pattern in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Chapter 2. Measuring Distance and Travel Time and Analyzing Distance Decay Behavior Case Study 2A: Estimating Drive Time and Transit Time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Case Study 2B: Analyzing Distance Decay Behavior for Hospitalization in Florida Chapter 3. Spatial Smoothing and Spatial Interpolation Case Study 3A: Mapping Place Names in Guangxi, China Case Study 3B: Area-Based Interpolations of Population in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Case Study 3C: Detecting Spatiotemporal Crime Hotspots in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Chapter 4. Delineating Functional Regions and Applications in Health Geography Case Study 4A: Defining Service Areas of Acute Hospitals in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Case Study 4B: Automated Delineation of Hospital Service Areas in Florida Chapter 5. GIS-Based Measures of Spatial Accessibility and Application in Examining Healthcare Disparity Case Study 5: Measuring Accessibility of Primary Care Physicians in Baton Rouge Chapter 6. Function Fittings by Regressions and Application in Analyzing Urban Density Patterns Case Study 6: Analyzing Population Density Patterns in Chicago Urban Area >Chapter 7. Principal Components, Factor and Cluster Analyses and Application in Social Area Analysis Case Study 7: Social Area Analysis in Beijing Chapter 8. Spatial Statistics and Applications in Cultural and Crime Geography Case Study 8A: Spatial Distribution and Clusters of Place Names in Yunnan, China Case Study 8B: Detecting Colocation Between Crime Incidents and Facilities Case Study 8C: Spatial Cluster and Regression Analyses of Homicide Patterns in Chicago Chapter 9. Regionalization Methods and Application in Analysis of Cancer Data Case Study 9: Constructing Geographical Areas for Mapping Cancer Rates in Louisiana Chapter 10. System of Linear Equations and Application of Garin-Lowry in Simulating Urban Population and Employment Patterns Case Study 10: Simulating Population and Service Employment Distributions in a Hypothetical City Chapter 11. Linear and Quadratic Programming and Applications in Examining Wasteful Commuting and Allocating Healthcare Providers Case Study 11A: Measuring Wasteful Commuting in Columbus, Ohio Case Study 11B: Location-Allocation Analysis of Hospitals in Rural China Chapter 12. Monte Carlo Method and Applications in Urban Population and Traffic Simulations Case Study 12A. Examining Zonal Effect on Urban Population Density Functions in Chicago by Monte Carlo Simulation Case Study 12B: Monte Carlo-Based Traffic Simulation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Chapter 13. Agent-Based Model and Application in Crime Simulation Case Study 13: Agent-Based Crime Simulation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Chapter 14. Spatiotemporal Big Data Analytics and Application in Urban Studies Case Study 14A: Exploring Taxi Trajectory in ArcGIS Case Study 14B: Identifying High Traffic Corridors and Destinations in Shanghai Dataset File Structure 1 BatonRouge Census.gdb BR.gdb 2A BatonRouge BR_Road.gdb Hosp_Address.csv TransitNetworkTemplate.xml BR_GTFS Google API Pro.tbx 2B Florida FL_HSA.gdb R_ArcGIS_Tools.tbx (RegressionR) 3A China_GX GX.gdb 3B BatonRouge BR.gdb 3C BatonRouge BRcrime R_ArcGIS_Tools.tbx (STKDE) 4A BatonRouge BRRoad.gdb 4B Florida FL_HSA.gdb HSA Delineation Pro.tbx Huff Model Pro.tbx FLplgnAdjAppend.csv 5 BRMSA BRMSA.gdb Accessibility Pro.tbx 6 Chicago ChiUrArea.gdb R_ArcGIS_Tools.tbx (RegressionR) 7 Beijing BJSA.gdb bjattr.csv R_ArcGIS_Tools.tbx (PCAandFA, BasicClustering) 8A Yunnan YN.gdb R_ArcGIS_Tools.tbx (SaTScanR) 8B Jiangsu JS.gdb 8C Chicago ChiCity.gdb cityattr.csv ...
This layer shows 2017 land cover, classified by type. The data is sourced from 2017 Ministry of Environment & Forestry data (1:250,000 scale). The World Resources Institute reclassified the original land cover categories from the Ministry of Environment & Forestry dataset for use in the Suitability Mapper (2012), into the following categories:Primary Forest: Primary dry land forest, primary mangrove forest, primary swamp forestSecondary Forest: Secondary dry land forest, secondary mangrove forest, secondary swamp forestPlantation Forest: Plantation forestGrass Land: Bush/Shrub, SavannahCropland: Estate crop plantation, dryland agriculture, shrub-mixed dryland farm, rice fieldOther Land: Bare land, fish pond, airport/ harbor, mining areaSettlement: Transmigration area, settlement areaWetland: Swamp, swamp shrubUnknown: CloudBodies of Water: Bodies of waterOriginal data available at http://geoportal.menlhk.go.id/arcgis/rest/services/KLHKEN under “LandCover_2017."
[Metadata] Description: Land Use Land Cover of main Hawaiian Islands as of 1976Source: 1:100,000 1976 Digital GIRAS (Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis) files. Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) data consists of historical land use and land cover classification data that was based primarily on the manual interpretation of 1970's and 1980's aerial photography. Secondary sources included land use maps and surveys. There are 21 possible categories of cover type. The spatial resolution for all LULC files will depend on the format and feature type. Files in GIRAS format will have a minimum polygon area of 10 acres (4 hectares) with a minimum width of 660 feet (200 meters) for manmade features. Non-urban or natural features have a minimum polygon area of 40 acres (16 hectares) with a minimum width of 1320 feet (400 meters). Files in CTG format will have a resolution of 30 meters. May 2024: Hawaii Statewide GIS Program staff removed extraneous fields that had been added as part of the 2016 GIS database conversion and were no longer needed.For additional information, please refer to https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/lulc.pdf or contact Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, HI 96804; (808) 587-2846; email: gis@hawaii.gov; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.
Date of Images:6/24/2024, 6/25/2024Date of Next Image:UnknownSummary:Scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center created these water extents in June 2024 using PlanetScope imagery. These images can be used to see where open water is visible at the time of the satellite overpass. This product shows all water detected and differentiates between normal water areas and some flooded areas. This product was classified using the Cropland Data Layer (CDL).It's important to note that all flooded areas may not be captured do to the sensors limitations of not being able to "see" through vegetation and buildings. To determine where additional flooding may have occurred, combine this layer with other data sets.Suggested Use:This product shows water that is detected by the sensor with different colors indicating different land cover/land use classifications from CDL that appear to have water and are potentially flooded.Blue (1): Known WaterRed (2): Flooded DevelopedGreen (3): Flooded VegetationOrange (4): Flooded Cropland/GrasslandGray (5): Clouds/Cloud Shadow(0): No DataSatellite/Sensor:PlanetScopeResolution:3 metersCredits:NASA Disasters Program, Includes copyrighted material of Planet Labs PBC. All rights reserved.Esri REST Endpoint:See URL section on the right side of page.WMS Endpoint:https://maps.disasters.nasa.gov/ags04/services/iowa_flood_202406/Iowa_Floods_Surface_Water_Extent_Planet/MapServer/WMSServer
The Existing Land Use Map was developed by the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department in the 1970s and has been updated annually since 2005 to reflect changes in current land use.Existing land use is parcel based with each parcel assigned a single land use. Utilizing new construction permits completed in the past year, the land use for parcels are updated to reflect the new construction (or demolition) that was completed.The existing land use classification is comprised of 19 primary land use categories:Single Family Detached/Mobile HomeSingle Family AttachedTwo-Family DwellingMulti-FamilyHotel/MotelMedicalRetailOfficeWarehouseGovernment OperationSchools/Colleges/UniversitiesOpen Space UndesignatedOpen Space Common AreasOpen Space Resource ProtectionOpen Space State & National ForestOpen Space Recreation/ParksReligious/Non-profitTransportation/Communications/UtilitiesWaterVacantEach land use category is further broken down into sub-types or “patterns”.Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these data, however accuracy is not guaranteed. Users with questions or comments should email the Planning Department or call 850-891-6400.
Land cover and land use in the St. Johns River Water Management District based on 2020-2022 digital orthophotography. This layer is a copy of the 2014 LCLU dataset, with updates based on conditions in the 2020-2022 orthophotography. The Photointerpretation Key accompanying the 2014 dataset remains correct in its classes and their descriptions, but is being revised to reflect the current imagery, data description and mapping process. SJRWMD LCLU 2020 Photo Interpretation (PI) KeySource imagery is county imagery flown primarily by FDOT, at varying dates. The 2020 map used the below dates of capture for the various counties: Year Flight Season Counties2020 Dec. 2019 - Mar. 2020 Alachua, Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Osceola, Polk, Putnam2021 Dec. 2020 - Mar. 2021 Brevard, Indian River, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, St. Johns, Seminole, Volusia2022 Dec. 2021 - March 2022 Bradford, UnionThe 2020 data is mapped to the extent of the previous 2014 dataset as far as available imagery allowed.IMAGERY NOTE: Security restrictions in effect during the COVID 19 epidemic prohibited aerial imagery capture over the easternmost portion of Brevard County (USGS Quarter Quads 3705 (False Cape) and 3606 NE (Cape Canaveral). A private contractor has this area in his project plan, but as of June 2024 imagery is not yet available. Land cover data in this area has not been updated. CODING NOTE: The requirement for the Land Use Class 1180 Rural Residential to have a separate Land Cover code was eliminated, and the class was revised to reflect the PI Key description as a Land Use class. It was noted during this update that this 1180 class was misapplied in many cases in the previous update as far as both areal extent and size. The PI Key describes this class in part as "not intended to be applied to small patchy features in the landscape." Many polygons were either merged together, or where appropriate, merged into adjacent low density residential areas. This update continues the District's historical practice of mapping the portion of Ocklawaha River Basin in Polk County that was transferred to the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
Important Note: This item is in mature support as of April 2024 and will be retired in December 2026. A replacement for this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version. Land cover data represent a descriptive thematic surface for characteristics of the land's surface such as densities or types of developed areas, agricultural lands, and natural vegetation regimes. Land cover data are the result of a model, so a good way to think of the values in each cell are as the predominating value rather than the only characteristic in that cell.Land use and land cover data are critical and fundamental for environmental monitoring, planning, and assessment.Dataset SummaryBaseVue 2013 is a commercial global, land use / land cover (LULC) product developed by MDA. BaseVue covers the Earth’s entire land area, excluding Antarctica. BaseVue is independently derived from roughly 9,200 Landsat 8 images and is the highest spatial resolution (30m), most current LULC product available. The capture dates for the Landsat 8 imagery range from April 11, 2013 to June 29, 2014. The following 16 classes of land use / land cover are listed by their cell value in this layer: Deciduous Forest: Trees > 3 meters in height, canopy closure >35% (<25% inter-mixture with evergreen species) that seasonally lose their leaves, except Larch.Evergreen Forest: Trees >3 meters in height, canopy closure >35% (<25% inter-mixture with deciduous species), of species that do not lose leaves. (will include coniferous Larch regardless of deciduous nature).Shrub/Scrub: Woody vegetation <3 meters in height, > 10% ground cover. Only collect >30% ground cover.Grassland: Herbaceous grasses, > 10% cover, including pasture lands. Only collect >30% cover.Barren or Minimal Vegetation: Land with minimal vegetation (<10%) including rock, sand, clay, beaches, quarries, strip mines, and gravel pits. Salt flats, playas, and non-tidal mud flats are also included when not inundated with water.Not Used (in other MDA products 6 represents urban areas or built up areas, which have been split here in into values 20 and 21).Agriculture, General: Cultivated crop landsAgriculture, Paddy: Crop lands characterized by inundation for a substantial portion of the growing seasonWetland: Areas where the water table is at or near the surface for a substantial portion of the growing season, including herbaceous and woody species (except mangrove species)Mangrove: Coastal (tropical wetlands) dominated by Mangrove speciesWater: All water bodies greater than 0.08 hectares (1 LS pixel) including oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streamsIce / Snow: Land areas covered permanently or nearly permanent with ice or snowClouds: Areas where no land cover interpretation is possible due to obstruction from clouds, cloud shadows, smoke, haze, or satellite malfunctionWoody Wetlands: Areas where forest or shrubland vegetation accounts for greater than 20% of vegetative cover and the soil or substrate periodically is saturated with, or covered by water. Only used within the continental U.S.Mixed Forest: Areas dominated by trees generally greater than 5 meters tall, and greater than 20% of total vegetation cover. Neither deciduous nor evergreen species are greater than 75% of total tree cover. Only used within the continental U.S.Not UsedNot UsedNot UsedNot UsedHigh Density Urban: Areas with over 70% of constructed materials that are a minimum of 60 meters wide (asphalt, concrete, buildings, etc.). Includes residential areas with a mixture of constructed materials and vegetation where constructed materials account for >60%. Commercial, industrial, and transportation i.e., Train stations, airports, etc.Medium-Low Density Urban: Areas with 30%-70% of constructed materials that are a minimum of 60 meters wide (asphalt, concrete, buildings, etc.). Includes residential areas with a mixture of constructed materials and vegetation, where constructed materials account for greater than 40%. Commercial, industrial, and transportation i.e., Train stations, airports, etc.MDA updated the underlying data in late 2016 and this service was updated in February 2017. An improved selection of cloud-free images was used to produce the update, resulting in improvement of classification quality to 80% of the tiles for this service.What can you do with this layer?This layer can be used to create maps and to visualize the underlying data across the ArcGIS platform. It can also be used as an analytic input in ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro.This layer has query, identify, and export image services available. The layer is restricted to an 16,000 x 16,000 pixel limit, which represents an area of nearly 300 miles on a side. This layer is part of a larger collection of landscape layers that you can use to perform a wide variety of mapping and analysis tasks.
DefinitionThis indicator identifies the ability of land to economically sustain human communities while also providing conservation benefits within the Midwest Landscape. It prioritizes areas based on the locations of conservation easements. Pixels can take the following values:1 – Closed Access or Unknown Access conservation easementNoData – Open Access or Restricted Access easements, or not a conservation easementSelectionThis indicator was chosen as a targetable, important feature of the MLI goals that will be used to track conditions over time and prioritize areas for conservation. Indicators were defined through elicitation and prioritization exercises with federal and state participants. Criteria for the indicators includes 1) actionable, 2) measurable, 3) relevant to multiple groups across the region, and/or 4) representative of other social and/or environmental values.Input Data & Mapping StepsThis indicator originates from the National Conservation Easement Database. To create this layer, MLI partners, members, and staff completed the following mapping steps: projected all input data to NAD83 (2011) UTM Zone 15N, converted the conservation easement polygons into a 30m raster, and reclassified the raster to a binary with the following values: 1 – Closed Access or Unknown Access conservation easement, NoData – Open Access or Restricted Access easements, or not a conservation easement. Finally, we removed highly altered areas using our Highly Altered Areas mask.For full mapping details, please refer to the Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Development Process. For a complete download of all Blueprint input and output data, visit the Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Data Download.
Layer containing the following land cover categories:CroplandHomesiteLakePastureWoodlandResidualOtherLast updated January 05, 2024.
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This layer displays a global map of land use/land cover (LULC) derived from ESA Sentinel-2 imagery at 10m resolution. Each year is generated with Impact Observatory’s deep learning AI land classification model, trained using billions of human-labeled image pixels from the National Geographic Society. The global maps are produced by applying this model to the Sentinel-2 Level-2A image collection on Microsoft’s Planetary Computer, processing over 400,000 Earth observations per year.The algorithm generates LULC predictions for nine classes, described in detail below. The year 2017 has a land cover class assigned for every pixel, but its class is based upon fewer images than the other years. The years 2018-2024 are based upon a more complete set of imagery. For this reason, the year 2017 may have less accurate land cover class assignments than the years 2018-2024. Key Properties Variable mapped: Land use/land cover in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024Source Data Coordinate System: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) WGS84Service Coordinate System: Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere WGS84 (EPSG:3857)Extent: GlobalSource imagery: Sentinel-2 L2ACell Size: 10-metersType: ThematicAttribution: Esri, Impact ObservatoryAnalysis: Optimized for analysisClass Definitions: ValueNameDescription1WaterAreas where water was predominantly present throughout the year; may not cover areas with sporadic or ephemeral water; contains little to no sparse vegetation, no rock outcrop nor built up features like docks; examples: rivers, ponds, lakes, oceans, flooded salt plains.2TreesAny significant clustering of tall (~15 feet or higher) dense vegetation, typically with a closed or dense canopy; examples: wooded vegetation, clusters of dense tall vegetation within savannas, plantations, swamp or mangroves (dense/tall vegetation with ephemeral water or canopy too thick to detect water underneath).4Flooded vegetationAreas of any type of vegetation with obvious intermixing of water throughout a majority of the year; seasonally flooded area that is a mix of grass/shrub/trees/bare ground; examples: flooded mangroves, emergent vegetation, rice paddies and other heavily irrigated and inundated agriculture.5CropsHuman planted/plotted cereals, grasses, and crops not at tree height; examples: corn, wheat, soy, fallow plots of structured land.7Built AreaHuman made structures; major road and rail networks; large homogenous impervious surfaces including parking structures, office buildings and residential housing; examples: houses, dense villages / towns / cities, paved roads, asphalt.8Bare groundAreas of rock or soil with very sparse to no vegetation for the entire year; large areas of sand and deserts with no to little vegetation; examples: exposed rock or soil, desert and sand dunes, dry salt flats/pans, dried lake beds, mines.9Snow/IceLarge homogenous areas of permanent snow or ice, typically only in mountain areas or highest latitudes; examples: glaciers, permanent snowpack, snow fields.10CloudsNo land cover information due to persistent cloud cover.11RangelandOpen areas covered in homogenous grasses with little to no taller vegetation; wild cereals and grasses with no obvious human plotting (i.e., not a plotted field); examples: natural meadows and fields with sparse to no tree cover, open savanna with few to no trees, parks/golf courses/lawns, pastures. Mix of small clusters of plants or single plants dispersed on a landscape that shows exposed soil or rock; scrub-filled clearings within dense forests that are clearly not taller than trees; examples: moderate to sparse cover of bushes, shrubs and tufts of grass, savannas with very sparse grasses, trees or other plants.NOTE: Land use focus does not provide the spatial detail of a land cover map. As such, for the built area classification, yards, parks, and groves will appear as built area rather than trees or rangeland classes.Usage Information and Best PracticesProcessing TemplatesThis layer includes a number of preconfigured processing templates (raster function templates) to provide on-the-fly data rendering and class isolation for visualization and analysis. Each processing template includes labels and descriptions to characterize the intended usage. This may include for visualization, for analysis, or for both visualization and analysis. VisualizationThe default rendering on this layer displays all classes.There are a number of on-the-fly renderings/processing templates designed specifically for data visualization.By default, the most recent year is displayed. To discover and isolate specific years for visualization in Map Viewer, try using the Image Collection Explorer. AnalysisIn order to leverage the optimization for analysis, the capability must be enabled by your ArcGIS organization administrator. More information on enabling this feature can be found in the ‘Regional data hosting’ section of this help doc.Optimized for analysis means this layer does not have size constraints for analysis and it is recommended for multisource analysis with other layers optimized for analysis. See this group for a complete list of imagery layers optimized for analysis.Prior to running analysis, users should always provide some form of data selection with either a layer filter (e.g. for a specific date range, cloud cover percent, mission, etc.) or by selecting specific images. To discover and isolate specific images for analysis in Map Viewer, try using the Image Collection Explorer.Zonal Statistics is a common tool used for understanding the composition of a specified area by reporting the total estimates for each of the classes. GeneralIf you are new to Sentinel-2 LULC, the Sentinel-2 Land Cover Explorer provides a good introductory user experience for working with this imagery layer. For more information, see this Quick Start Guide.Global land use/land cover maps provide information on conservation planning, food security, and hydrologic modeling, among other things. This dataset can be used to visualize land use/land cover anywhere on Earth. Classification ProcessThese maps include Version 003 of the global Sentinel-2 land use/land cover data product. It is produced by a deep learning model trained using over five billion hand-labeled Sentinel-2 pixels, sampled from over 20,000 sites distributed across all major biomes of the world.The underlying deep learning model uses 6-bands of Sentinel-2 L2A surface reflectance data: visible blue, green, red, near infrared, and two shortwave infrared bands. To create the final map, the model is run on multiple dates of imagery throughout the year, and the outputs are composited into a final representative map for each year.The input Sentinel-2 L2A data was accessed via Microsoft’s Planetary Computer and scaled using Microsoft Azure Batch. CitationKarra, Kontgis, et al. “Global land use/land cover with Sentinel-2 and deep learning.” IGARSS 2021-2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2021.AcknowledgementsTraining data for this project makes use of the National Geographic Society Dynamic World training dataset, produced for the Dynamic World Project by National Geographic Society in partnership with Google and the World Resources Institute.