Global land cover - 250m
GIS data
Zipped tif files, 250m, raster
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Zipped tif files, 250m, raster
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Metadata
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Last upload:
- 17 Jan 2008
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Geographic coverage:
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Geographic accuracy:
- Global Land Cover is based on data with 1 km resolution.
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Tags:
- land cover , vegetation , geospatial data , raster data
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Scale of the data set:
- 1:100000
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Rights:
- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Methodology:
Original Glob Cover 2000 (http://www-gvm.jrc.it/glc2000/) resampled to standard european 250 m raster. European window selected.
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Coordinate reference system:
- EPSG:3035
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Data sources
- Global land cover 2000 Project (GLC 2000)
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Processors:
- The European Topic Centre on Land Use and Spatial Information
Additional information
The project was carried out to provide accurate baseline landcover information to the International Conventions on Climate Change, the Convention to Combat Desertification, the Ramsar Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. Furthermore, the Global land cover 2000 land cover database has been chosen as a core dataset for the Millennium Ecosystems Assessment. This means in particular that the Global land cover 2000 dataset is a main input dataset to define the boundaries between ecosystems such as forest, grassland, and cultivated systems.
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/global-land-cover-250m or scan the QR code.
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