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Corine land cover 1990 (CLC1990) and Corine land cover changes 1975-1990 in a 10 km zone around the coast of Europe

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Prod-ID: DAT-195-en
Created 22 Aug 2002 Published 22 Aug 2002 Last modified 28 Jun 2016
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Data contained in this layer are twofold: - Corine land cover data 1990 provided in vector format (polygons) and at scale 1:100,000

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Land cover changes 1975-1990, vector data, polygon
  • Land cover changes 1975-1990, vector data, polygon
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Parent data set:  Corine Land Cover 1990 raster data
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1:100000
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LaCoast data should be requested from the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
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CORINE Land Cover data have undergone several quality controls. Geometrical accuracy is relatively good however some inconsistencies exist at the border between different countries (e.g. France and Belgium). The quality of LaCoast data is currently being controlled by the JRC. Results will be shortly known. As for the extension to accessing countries quality results look very satisfactory. Spatial adjustment method used was "rubbersheet".

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EPSG:4258
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Souces of data on land cover and land cover changes are threefold :

- CORINE Land Cover version 1990 provides data which result from a visual analysis of LANDSAT and SPOT satellite images (mainly from 1987 to 1994) and interpreted with the support of ancillary data (such as aerial photographs, topographical maps, or ecological maps). The 44 classes nomenclature of CORINE Land Cover (and therefore EUROSION) is standardized for all Europe which makes comparison and aggregation at the European level easier. Note that CORINE Land Cover version 2000 has been developed by the European Environment Agency.

- LaCoast project. LaCoast is a research project undertaken in the mid 1990 under the lead of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and aimed at quantifying the changes of land cover types in a 10 km land strip from the coastline. LaCoast uses CORINE Land Cover version 1990 as its reference dataset and track differences of land cover changes using LANDSAT satellite images from the mid-1970's .

- EUROSION was a project commissioned by the General Directorate Environment of the European Commission 2002-2004. EUROSION is extending the methodology of LaCoast to other European countries not currently covered by LaCoast. The same methodology was used to ensure consistency, easy comparison, and quick aggregation.

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Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)

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The minimum polygone size is 25 hectares. Land cover is organised in 44 different classes distributed into 5 categories (urbanised areas, agricultural areas, natural and semi-natural areas, wetlands, and water bodies) and with 3 levels of details. - land cover changes since 1975 provided in vector format (polygons) and at scale 1:100,000 as well. Land cover changes since 1975 only reports which polygons had a change of their land cover type since 1975. Data of this layer are restricted to the 10 km land strip from the coastline.

 

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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/corine-land-cover-1990-clc1990-and-corine-land-cover-changes-1975-1990-in-a-10-km-zone-around-the-coast-of-europe or scan the QR code.

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