Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Data

          ·  Lambert Azimuthal LULC Data
          ·  USGS CTG LULC Data
          ·  USGS NLCD 92 Data


GLCC Database (V2.0) (~1000 m, 30 arc-sec)

  • USGS Land Use/Land Cover Scheme (Legend)

           Compressed data by continent in Lambert Azimuthal
              Equal Area Projection:
              (via links to the USGS Web Site)
                        - Africa  (3.2 MB)
                        - Australia Pacific  (1.5 MB)
                        - Eurasia (optimized for Asia)  (9.6 MB)
                        - Eurasia (optimized for Europe)  (9.8 MB)
                        - North America  (4.0 MB)
                        - South America  (2.8 MB)

USGS CTG Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Data

  • 1:250,000-scale USGS LULC for the U.S.

           List 1:250,000-scale LULC data alphabetically.
              (via links to the USGS Web Site)
              Note:  Download the data files labeled "grid_cell"


  • 1:100,000-scale USGS LULC for the U.S.

           List 1:100,000-scale LULC data alphabetically.
              (via links to the USGS Web Site)
              Note:  Download the data files labeled "grid_cell"

USGS National Land Cover Data 1992 (NLCD 92)

  • Click here to link to NLCD 92 data by State
    (via links to the USGS Web Site)
    Note:  Download the data files labeled "state_name.nlcd.bin.gz"

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