The USGS Land Cover Institute (LCI)
Welcome to the Land Cover Institute Information Welcome to the USGS Land Cover Institute! The USGS Land Cover Institute Bulletin Board is a focal point for coordinating applications and knowledge of land use and land cover information. General Land Cover and Land Use and/or USGS LCI Questions Last Post: 08 30 07
Kempthorne Comments on White House Report Calling for New National Land Imaging Program Science article: Crisis in Earth Observation Extent of NLCD posted: 12 12 06 Laura, There will be a National Land Cover Dataset 2001 (NLCD01) for the conterminous US, Hawaii and Alaska. The conterminous dataset is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2006. Hawaii and Alaska will be complete in 2007. No firm date has yet been set on these two remaining states. You may be interested to know that NOAA has produced a land cover map of Hawaii as part of the C-CAP project (Coastal Change Analysis Program). http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/ccap.html However, the land cover classes defined are not the same as those used in the 2001 MRLC product. The National Land Cover Database 1992 has only been completed for the conterminous US. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Chris Barnes Land Cover Institute Specialist Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Contractor to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science 47914 252nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57198-0001 Work: (605) 594-6917 Fax: (605) 594-6529 barnes@usgs.gov http://landcover.usgs.gov/ posted: 12 11 06 It looks as if the NLCD only covers the contiguous US. Is this true...are Alaska and Hawaii excluded? Thanks, Laura Blackburn USDA Forest Service high resolution land cover posted: 08 02 06 Is the LCI looking into high resolution land cover- mapping techniques, classification schemas, etc? I know national and global land cover is important but there is a call for this type of data in many research areas e.g. carbon fluxes in urban areas, vegetation mapping of invasive species, etc. Is there a way to get involved with other researchers along these lines at the LCI? Landsat Level Data posted: 06 23 06 I am increasingly worried (I assume as others are) that Landsat 5 will finally "kick the bucket" and we will be left with no equivalent satellite imagery source at such a reasonable rate, quality, etc... Can anyone address what might be in store for those of us who rely on that satellite for imagery. Are there plans for a "Landsat 8" I really hope so, because with the scan line failure of L7 we have been living on the edge for a couple of years. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Looking for Land Cover/ Land Use Data? Last Post: 03 18 08
New Human Footprint Data Now Available ENTRI Releases Conference of Party Decision Search Tool--October 2007 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Historical land use data for Chesapeake Bay region (MD & VA)? posted: 09 14 06 I'm working on a Flash animation showing various changes in the Chesapeake Bay region over the past few hundred years. So far, I've found a great resource for historical shoreline changes for the Maryland Tidewater Area. I'm still looking for similar data for the VA Tidewater Area. In addition, I'm looking for any historic land use data for the area so we can show changes in population, agriculture, forest, wetlands, etc. over time. Any suggestions? Processing Land Cover Data Last Post: 10 04 07
A question on inconsistent value counts after converting National Land Cover .img data file to ESRI Grid. National Land Cover Database 2001 Article April 2007 Should I be able to directly compare land cover from NLCD 92 with land cover from NLCD 2001? Land Cover - Natural Disasters Last Post: 06 14 07
Tornadoes Leave Path of Destruction Visible from Space NOAA - Pre and Post Hurricanr Katrina Land Cover Data Land Cover – Water Last Post: 08 27 07
Nordic Ice Age Data Land Cover – Agriculture/ Forestry Last Post: 05 25 06
crop classif posted: 05 23 06 I use ESRI and wonder how (much success) folks have classified Modis, Landsat, Spot, Ikonos satellite images. I am interested in using times series within a year. Had success doing PCA to shrink data layers and then doing classification? Cheers, jb Available Land Cover Data Sets – North America Last Post: 08 15 07
New USGS Map Locater and Downloader Delivers Topo Maps Online NEON Announce Core Sites Across the USA GIRAS Landuse/Landcover data - UPDATED URL! U.S.-Canadian Science Pact to Improve Monitoring of Land Cover, Biodiversity, Climate Change Land Cover Database Details State of the Land: Lower 48 described with Census-like accuracy Status and Trends of Eastern United States Land Cover Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Land Cover Data Now Available Annual Grasses (cheatgrass, red brome, etc) in Nevada plus overlap Available Land Cover Data Sets – Central America Last Post: 06 14 07
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) establishes an internet map server for the Caribbean Caribbean Vegetation Mapping Report Caribbean Vegetation Atlas GeoCafe - An Information Tool for the Coffee Market Available Land Cover Data Sets – Europe Last Post: 12 21 06
Update of UK Land Cover Available Land Cover Data Sets – Africa Last Post: 11 02 06
New national maps of the Democratic Republic of Congo Available Land Cover Data Sets – Asia Last Post: 04 13 07
Land Cover Change Article in the Washington Post Feedback/ Suggestions Last Post: 02 14 07
Land cover for secondary educators Land cover for secondary educators Spell Check? posted: 05 31 06 Nice boards! I run one myself and know that it can be challenging to organize and format the display - you've done well. I hope this takes off... another challenge when the user base is rather small. My spelling can be horrific at times, so I'm wondering if there might be a spell checker that you could enable? (or am I just missing the button on here somewhere?) Having the "email notification of replies" on by default might be handy too, though I haven't gone through the user settings yet to see if it is available there. Since the user base for my own boards is very small, I've been trying to find a way that email digests can be sent out periodically... a reminder to users that the boards exist as well as notification of current topics... something else you may want to look into. Thanks! Eric Peterson, Ph.D. Vegetation Ecologist Dept. Conservation and Natural Resources Nevada Natural Heritage Program Job postings? Land Cover Conference Announcements Last Post: 06 16 08
NASA ASCENDS Spatial Landscape Modelling: From Dynamic Approaches to Functional Evaluations Social Challenges of Global Change 6th International Human Dimensions Workshop International Conference - Studying, Modeling and Sense Making of Planet Earth The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) International Conference on Studying, Modeling and Sense Making of Planet Earth International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Global Land Project (GLP) - IGBP/IHDP Program, GLP - Invitation to get involved Association of American Geographers -Annual and Regional Meeting Announcements Job Announcements Last Post: 02 15 08
USGS Job Announcements USGS Land Cover Institute Communication and Outreach Materials Last Post: 04 13 07
Land Cover Institute Brochure Land Cover Institute Fact sheet Land Cover - Climate Change Last Post: 10 16 07
New Movie Available Online - Simulated Sea Ice Thickness and Satellite Observed Ice Extent for Summer 2007 A new tree line A forum to place other interesting news and information. Last Post: 02 15 08
2008 PhD Summer School on Earth System Governance, 24-31 August, VU University Amsterdam Roberts Environmental Center Claremont McKenna College -- Sustainability Reporting Rating Press Release Going Beyond Managing Only Environmental Crises Learning For Sustainability website USGS EarthNow Viewer Now Online Seadragon Technology & Photosynth Application -- Future Visualization Technology for USGS? |
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