COMPLETION OF THE 1990S NATIONAL LAND COVER DATA SET FOR THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES FROM LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER DATA AND ANCILLARY DATA SOURCES

In late 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) EROS Data Center completed the circa 1992 National Land Cover Data set (NLCD). The NLCD, derived from early 1990s Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery and other sources of digital data, represents an intermediate-scale national land cover data set. The resolution of this data set lends itself to many regional to national scale investigations, including analyses of water quality, ecosystem health, wildlife habitat, land cover assessment, land use planning, urban studies, urban sprawl, and other land management issues. The article provides information about the materials and methods used to collect and process the data, the accuracy of the data, and uses for the NLCD.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page range: pp 650-655, 657-659, 661-662
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

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  Bethesda, MD  United States  20814-2160
• Authors:
  • Vogelmann, J E
  • Howard, S M
  • Yang, L
  • Larson, C R
  • Wylie, B K
  • Van Driel, N
• Publication Date: 2001-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ISSN: 0099-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Databases; Digital maps; Land use planning; Landsat satellites; Mapping; Urban sprawl
• Identifier Terms: National Land Cover Data set; United States Geological Survey
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data set; Thematic mapper imagery
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00812296
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2001 12:00AM