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Requirement details

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 April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.

Products

Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
Prevention - Reference Maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:14 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:15 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
Emergency Reference Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
Emergency Delineation Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
P06 - Temporal analyses of occurred flood events Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
P16 - Post-disaster soil erosion risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:26 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
P14 - Impact assessment/exposure analysis on assets and population Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.
P17 - Post-disaster landslide risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:29 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
P10 - Urban sprawl analysis Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:25 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
P15 - Detailed impact assessment/exposure analyses on selected aspect Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:26 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
P05 - Modelled flood extent for major events Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:24 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
First Estimate Product Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness June 28, 2019, 12:15 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:15 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
Emergency Grading map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.

Data

Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
ESA WorldCover 2021 Fully Oct. 30, 2023, 9:31 a.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
Corine Land Cover Fully Jan. 21, 2021, 3:25 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
GLOBECOVER Fully Oct. 18, 2018, 5:31 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
GlobeLand 30 Fully Oct. 18, 2018, 5:32 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
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. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
OpenStreetMap Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:57 p.m. April 29, 2024, 4:06 p.m.