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Requirement details

UID 112
Name Land cover
Description The requirement represents the physical material at the surface of the earth. The categories expected includes different classes: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas), Grassland, Tree-covered areas, Bare ground, Inland and Coastal Water bodies, Shrubs vegetation etc. Coverage requirement: Global. Data type: vector. Geometry type: polygon.
Dissemination View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure N/A
Group Land cover / Land use
Status -
Uncertainty
N/A
N/A
N/A
Update Frequency
3 years
2 years
1 year
Timeliness
3 hours
1 hour
< 1 hour
Scale
>1:50000
1:25000
>1:10000
Horizontal resolution
25 m
12.5 m
5 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables

Land - Biosphere - Land cover
State Valid
Created on March 14, 2018, 10:40 a.m.
Last updated on Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.

Products

Product UID Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
525 Prevention - Reference Maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:14 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:38 p.m.
526 Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:15 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:38 p.m.
50 Emergency Reference Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:38 p.m.
434 P06 - Temporal analyses of occurred flood events Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:38 p.m.
429 P03 - Land Use and Land Cover datasets | P03.4 - LULC: Urban Atlas @1:10000 (NEW) Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:23 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
426 P03 - Land Use and Land Cover datasets | P03.1 - LULC: Urban Atlas @1:10000 (UPDATE) Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:22 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
430 P03 - Land Use and Land Cover datasets | P03.5 - LULC: CLC @1:25000 (NEW) Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:23 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
443 P16 - Post-disaster soil erosion risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:26 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
441 P14 - Impact assessment/exposure analysis on assets and population Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
444 P17 - Post-disaster landslide risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:29 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
428 P03 - Land Use and Land Cover datasets | P03.3 - LULC: CLC @1:250000 (UPDATE) Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:23 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
431 P03 - Land Use and Land Cover datasets | P03.6 - LULC: CLC @1:250000 (NEW) Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:24 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
437 P10 - Urban sprawl analysis Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
442 P15 - Detailed impact assessment/exposure analyses on selected aspect Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:26 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
433 P05 - Modelled flood extent for major events Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:24 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
427 P03 - Land Use and Land Cover datasets | P03.2 - LULC: CLC @1:25000 (UPDATE) Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:22 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
341 First Estimate Product Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness June 28, 2019, 12:15 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
527 Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:15 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
52 Emergency Grading map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
51 Emergency Delineation Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.

Data

Data UID Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
752 ESA WorldCover 2021 Fully Oct. 30, 2023, 9:31 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
746 INSPIRE Annex III: Agricultural and aquaculture facilities Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. May 26, 2023, 11:35 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
612 Corine Land Cover Fully Jan. 21, 2021, 3:25 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
295 Vector Map1 (VMap1) Partially Accuracy is lower than threshold. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Not all tiles have been publicly released. Oct. 1, 2018, 10:41 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
289 GLOBECOVER Fully Oct. 18, 2018, 5:31 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
122 GlobeLand 30 Fully Oct. 18, 2018, 5:32 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
54 Urban Atlas Land Cover / Land Use Partially Reason for partial fulfillment of the requirement is the dataset coverage that is limited to large european urban areas. Oct. 5, 2018, 3 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
637 World Countries Open Data: Land cover Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Jan. 5, 2021, 12:39 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
603 INSPIRE Annex II: Land cover Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. The timeliness could be higher than required. Nov. 11, 2020, 5:53 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
659 INSPIRE Annex III: Land use Partially Note: The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. The timeliness could be higher than required. May 26, 2023, 11:34 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
663 INSPIRE Annex I: Cadastral parcels Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage may not be complete. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. May 26, 2023, 11:35 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
769 World Countries Open Data: Habitats and biotopes Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
45 OpenStreetMap Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:57 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
547 High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Density Partially Coverage is not complete (EEA39 only). The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
887 Sardegna Geoportal Partially Coverage may not be complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 10:41 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
907 Land Use 2018 - Luxemburg Partially Coverage may not be complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Nov. 13, 2025, 10:13 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
889 ISPRA Land Use 2023 Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target.. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 10:46 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
888 ISPRA Land Cover 2023 Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 10:47 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
891 World Database on Protected areas (WDPA) Partially Coverage could be not complete. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 11:05 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
322 Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA) Partially Coverage could be not complete. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 11:13 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
548 Natura 2000 Land Cover / Land Use Partially Coverage could be not complete. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 11:54 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
902 RPG - French official agricultural parcels database Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 12:10 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
903 BD FORET - French official forest cover database Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 12:11 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
893 Allen Coral Atlas Partially Coverage could be not complete. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Nov. 13, 2025, 12:23 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
905 Croatian National Spatial Data Infrastructure (Geoportal NIPP‑a) Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 12:40 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
852 Land Cover/Land Use Information System of Spain (SIOSE) Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Nov. 13, 2025, 12:48 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.