1-Kilometer Resolution, North American Land Cover Characteristics, 1992-1993

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Abstract
This raster layer is a georeferenced grid map image of land cover characteristics for North America, excluding Hawaii, and including the Caribbean and most of Mexico. The nominal spatial resolution is 1 km and the map layer is based on 1-km AVHRR data. The data were compiled by staff at the National Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science as part of the Global Land Cover Characterization Project. The land cover classes were produced using 1-km AVHRR data from April 1992 to March 1993. The data available through the National Atlas of the United States are in GeoTIFF format. This is a revised version of the May 2002 map layer, with a corrected shoreline for Greenland. This layer is part of the 1997-2014 edition of the National Atlas of the United States.
Purpose
These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the continental level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form GeoTIFF
Place Reston, VA, US
Publisher Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publication date 2002
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data 1:2000000Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 180°--E 180°/N 86°9ʹ45ʺ--N 4°43ʹ24ʺW 179°56ʹ19ʺ--E 179°40ʹ42ʺ/N 86°9ʹ40ʺ--N 4°42ʹ52ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator Geological Survey (U.S.)

Subjects

Subject Land cover
Subject North America
Subject Canada
Subject Mexico
Subject Alabama
Subject Alaska
Subject Arizona
Subject Arkansas
Subject Colorado
Subject Connecticut
Subject Delaware
Subject Florida
Subject Georgia
Subject Idaho
Subject Illinois
Subject Indiana
Subject Iowa
Subject Kansas
Subject Kentucky
Subject Louisiana
Subject Maine
Subject Maryland
Subject Massachusetts
Subject Michigan
Subject Minnesota
Subject Mississippi
Subject Missouri
Subject Montana
Subject Nebraska
Subject Nevada
Subject New Hampshire
Subject New Jersey
Subject New Mexico
Subject New York (State)
Subject North Carolina
Subject North Dakota
Subject Ohio
Subject Oklahoma
Subject Oregon
Subject Pennsylvania
Subject Rhode Island
Subject Rocky Mountains
Subject South Carolina
Subject South Dakota
Subject Tennessee
Subject Texas
Subject Utah
Subject Vermont
Subject Virginia
Subject Washington (D.C.)
Subject Washington (State)
Subject West Virginia
Subject Wisconsin
Subject Wyoming
Subject United States
Subject 1992-1993
Subject Imagery and Base Maps
Subject Biology and Ecology
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Supplemental information Documentation and the original data are available at http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/glcc/
WGS84 Cartographics This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Scanned map
Title
North American Land Cover Characteristics
Title
North American Land Cover Characteristics
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/gk628xr0233

Access conditions

Use and reproduction
This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Copyright
This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Preferred citation

U.S. Geological Survey. (2002). 1-Kilometer Resolution, North American Land Cover Characteristics, 1992-1993. USGS. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/gk628xr0233.

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National atlas of the United States of America, 1997-2014

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