Land Cover Map over Mes Aynak (FAO - 2010)
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Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Source | https://app.mapx.org/static.html?views=MX-UTPRI-V419D-CSK5B&zoomToViews=true#JAAc6 |
| Author | UNEP/GRID-Geneva |
| Maintainer | UNEP/GRID-Geneva |
| Last Updated | December 7, 2022, 07:41 (UTC) |
| Created | December 7, 2022, 07:41 (UTC) |
| GUID | MX-UTPRI-V419D-CSK5B |
| Issued | 2017-04-26 11:00:38 |
| Language | EN |
| Modified | 2017-09-28 12:13:06 |
| Publisher email | info@mapx.org |
| Publisher name | UNEP/GRID-Geneva |
| Theme | Web Map |
| data_type | geospatial |
| keywords_m49 | AFG |
| projects_description | UNEP Afghanistan |
| projects_id | MX-A3M-LVK-V7S-XOT-J48 |
| projects_title | UNEP Afghanistan |
| range_end_at_year | 2017 |
| range_start_at_year | 2010 |
| source_abstract | The Land Cover Database of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has been created as part of the land cover mapping component of the project on “Strengthening Agricultural Economics, Market Information and Statistics Services” formulated upon request from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and funded by the European Commission. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provided technical assistance as the executing agency in close cooperation with all parties. The Land Cover database provides information on land cover distribution. It has been created using the FAO/GLCN methodology and tools. The main data sources include satellite imagery from SPOT-4 (2009-2011) and Global Land Survey (GLS-2011) Landsat satellites, high resolution satellite imagery and very hisgh resolution aerial photographs, ancillary data. The national legend was prepared using the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS). FAO’s Mapping Device Change Analysis Tools (MADCAT) software was used to create the database using object based classification methodology. The full resolution land cover legend has 25 classes. As result, more that 500,000 polygons were delineated. To refine the interpretation, high resolution images from various sources are used. The 25 original land cover classes were aggregated into 11 generalized and self-explicative classes as following: Built-Up; Fruit Trees and Vineyard; Irrigated Agricultural Land; Rainfed Agricultural Land; Forest and Shrubs; Rangeland; Barren land; Sand Cover; Water Body and Marshland (Seasonal and Permanent); Permanent Snow. The database is distributed in shapefile format in UTM zone 42 North WGS-84 datum. |
| source_title | Aggregated Land Cover Database over Mes Aynak (2010) |
| spatial | AFG |