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Requirement details

UID 112
Name Land cover
Note 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 Ready
Created on March 14, 2018, 10:40 a.m.
Last updated on May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
526 Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:15 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
50 Emergency Reference Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
434 P06 - Temporal analyses of occurred flood events Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 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. May 28, 2025, 4:15 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. May 28, 2025, 4:15 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. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
443 P16 - Post-disaster soil erosion risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:26 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
441 P14 - Impact assessment/exposure analysis on assets and population Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
444 P17 - Post-disaster landslide risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:29 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 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. May 28, 2025, 4:15 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. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
437 P10 - Urban sprawl analysis Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
442 P15 - Detailed impact assessment/exposure analyses on selected aspect Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:26 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
433 P05 - Modelled flood extent for major events Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:24 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 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. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
341 First Estimate Product Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness June 28, 2019, 12:15 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
527 Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:15 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:16 p.m.
52 Emergency Grading map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:16 p.m.
51 Emergency Delineation Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:15 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 p.m.
612 Corine Land Cover Fully Jan. 21, 2021, 3:25 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 p.m.
289 GLOBECOVER Fully Oct. 18, 2018, 5:31 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:16 p.m.
122 GlobeLand 30 Fully Oct. 18, 2018, 5:32 p.m. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 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. May 28, 2025, 4:16 p.m.