global_land_cover

Global Land Cover discrete classification map visualisation script

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General description of the script

This script visualises Global Land Cover discrete classification map with classes defined using the UN-FAO Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) and with color scheme defined in the Product User Manual.

Table 1: Color legend for the 23 discrete classes of land cover classification map

Value	Color	Label
0		No input data available
20		Shrubs
30		Herbaceous vegetation
40		Cultivated and managed vegetation/agriculture (cropland)
50		Urban / built up
60		Bare / sparse vegetation
70		Snow and Ice
80		Permanent water bodies
90		Herbaceous wetland
100		Moss and lichen
111		Closed forest, evergreen needle leaf
112		Closed forest, evergreen, broad leaf
113		Closed forest, deciduous needle leaf
114		Closed forest, deciduous broad leaf
115		Closed forest, mixed
116		Closed forest, unknown
121		Open forest, evergreen needle leaf
122		Open forest, evergreen broad leaf
123		Open forest, deciduous needle leaf
124		Open forest, deciduous broad leaf
125		Open forest, mixed
126		Open forest, unknown
200		Open sea
255		No data

Description of representative images

2019 nrt discrete land cover classification map for parts of North Africa visualised in EO browser

2019 nrt discrete land cover classification map for Republic of Ecuador's Galápagos Island visualised in EO browser

Resources

• Data source

• Entry in public collections