2005-2010 Land Cover Change of North America at 250 meters - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) Land Use Land Cover
Dates
Publication Date
2013
Start Date
2005-01
End Date
2010-12
Summary
This data set shows areas where the land cover classification changed between 2005and 2010. The 2005-2010 Land Cover Change of North America at 250 meters wasproduced as part of the North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS), atrilateral effort between the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, the United StatesGeological Survey, and three Mexican organizations including the National Instituteof Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia),National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of the Biodiversity (ComisiónNacional Para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad), and the National ForestryCommission of Mexico (Comisión Nacional Forestal). The collaboration isfacilitated by the Commission for [...]
Summary
This data set shows areas where the land cover classification changed between 2005and 2010. The 2005-2010 Land Cover Change of North America at 250 meters wasproduced as part of the North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS), atrilateral effort between the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, the United StatesGeological Survey, and three Mexican organizations including the National Instituteof Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia),National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of the Biodiversity (ComisiónNacional Para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad), and the National ForestryCommission of Mexico (Comisión Nacional Forestal). The collaboration isfacilitated by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, an internationalorganization created by the Canada, Mexico, and United States governments under theNorth American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation to promote environmentalcollaboration between the three countries.The general objective of NALCMS is to devise, through collective effort, aharmonized multi-scale land cover monitoring approach which ensures high accuracyand consistency in monitoring land cover changes at the North American scale andwhich meets each countrys specific requirements.This data set was created from the 2005 Land Cover of North America at 250 metersand the 2010 Land Cover of North America at 250 meters.
Information on the change in land cover across North America provided by this dataset is valuable for a range of audiences, including international organizationssuch as the United Nations Environment Programme, nongovernmental conservationorganizations, land managers, and scientific researchers. The continental scaleland cover data generated under NALCMS can be used to address issues such asclimate change, carbon sequestration, biodiversity loss, and changes in ecosystemstructure and function, by helping users to better understand the dynamics andcontinental-scale patterns of North Americas changing environment.The North American Atlas data are intended for geographic display and analysis atthe national and continental level. These data should be displayed and analyzed atscales appropriate for 1:10,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed byNatural Resources Canada, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, the U.S.Geological Survey, or the Commission for Environmental Cooperation in the use ofthese data.
