The USGS through
the Land Cover Institute serves as a facilitator for land cover and
land use science, applications, and production functions. The
institute assists in the availability and technical support of land
cover data sets through increasing public and scientific awareness
of the importance of land cover science.
The USGS currently
houses the institute at the Center for Earth Resources Observation
and Science (EROS) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The LCI will
address land cover topics from local to global scales, and in both
domestic and international settings.