TerraPop will add a number of land cover datasets to the data access system over the next few years. We need your help to determine the order in which we add datasets. Please vote for the dataset or datasets you want us to add next.
Dataset: MODIS MCD12Q1
Resolution: 500 meters
Time frame: annual updates since 2002
Classification system: five different schemes available
Satellite/sensor: MODIS
Produced by: Mark Friedl et al., Boston University; an official MODIS data product
Dataset: Globcover
Resolution: 300 meters
Time Frame: 2004-2006, 2009
Classification: 22 classes based on the United Nation’s Land Cover Classification System (LCCS)
Satellite/sensor: ENVISAT-1, MERIS
Produced by: European Space Agency, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, European Environment Agency, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, UN Environment Programme, GOFC-GOLD, International Geosphere Biosphere Programme
Dataset: USGS Global Land Cover Characteristics v1.2 and v2.0
Resolution: 1 kilometer
Time frame: 1992-1993
Classification system: seven different schemes available
Satellite/sensor: AVHRR
Produced by: US Geological Survey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
Dataset: University of Maryland Land Cover Classification
Resolution: 1 kilometer
Time frame: 1992-1993
Classification: 14 classes
Satellite/sensor: AVHRR
Produced by: University of Maryland Department of Geography
Dataset: Finer Resolution Observation and Monitoring-Global Land Cover
Resolution: 30 meters
Time frame: 2000, 2010
Classification system: 10 classes
Satellite/sensor: Landsat Thematic Mapper ™ and Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+)
Produced by: Ministry of Science and Technology, People’s Republic of China
Dataset: MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields
Resolution: 250 meters
Time frame: annual updates since 2000
Classification: 3 classes
Satellite/sensor: MODIS
Produced by: University of Maryland Department of Geography, NASA; official MODIS data product
Dataset: Landsat Tree Cover Continuous Fields, beta
Resolution: 30 meters
Time frame: 2000, 2005
Classification system: 1 class
Satellite/sensor: Landsat 5-Thematic Mapper and/or Landsat-t Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)
Produced by: University of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences, NASA
Dataset: UN FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2000
Resolution: 1 kilometer
Time frame: 1992-1993, 1995-1996
Classification system: 6 classes
Satellite/sensor: AVHRR
Produced by: United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization