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Name Urban Atlas Change
Acronym UAC
Description Urban Atlas provides pan-European comparable land use and land cover data for Functional Urban Areas (FUA). The change product is available for 2006 - 2012 and 2012 - 2018.
Note
Status Operational
Group LLC Urban Atlas
Area Europe
Component Priority Area Monitoring
Service Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Entrusted Entities European Environment Agency Joint Research Centre
Created on Nov. 6, 2017, 1:53 p.m.
Last updated on April 8, 2024, 11:58 a.m.

Requirements

UID Requirement Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
326 Transportation and railway network Firm Supporting exploitation Essential
Accuracy
Coverage
to be ingested into the classification database; detection of road and railway network Nov. 9, 2018, 3:21 p.m. Nov. 5, 2021, 11:59 a.m.
144 Administrative Boundaries Firm Product generation Essential
Availability
Coverage
Data policy
used for creating a backbone structure for the object geometry Nov. 9, 2018, 1:20 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 7:47 a.m.
144 Administrative Boundaries Firm Supporting exploitation Essential
Accuracy
Availability
Coverage
Update Frequency
Nov. 9, 2018, 3:14 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 7:48 a.m.
219 Orthoimagery - Very High Resolution - Up-to-date - Homogenous Firm Calibration and validation Desirable
Availability
Costs
Coverage
Data policy
Timeliness
Update Frequency
used for complementing the database concerning calibration and validation May 20, 2020, 10:34 p.m. May 23, 2024, 8:42 a.m.
146 Land Cover Firm Supporting exploitation Essential
Format
sealing level information from the HRL IMD complements the results of the EO data interpretation in terms of sealing density Nov. 9, 2018, 3:24 p.m. June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m.
415 Degree of soil sealing Firm Product generation Desirable
Accuracy
Timeliness
Used for the classification at level 4 of the residential or mixed use urban fabric units classified from Earth Observation (EO) data April 23, 2020, 12:35 p.m. April 16, 2024, 9:53 a.m.
219 Orthoimagery - Very High Resolution - Up-to-date - Homogenous Firm Product generation Useful
Availability
Costs
Coverage
Data policy
Timeliness
Update Frequency
Potential additional data for creating a backbone structure for the object geometry as well as for interpretation and information on land cover/land use Nov. 14, 2020, 10:08 p.m. May 23, 2024, 8:42 a.m.