Teaser - Upemba Key Landscape for Conservation Land Cover and Validation Datasets (2016)

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The teaser dataset of Upemba KLC covers an area of 6067km2 and mapped with both dichotomous (8 land cover classes) and modular (up to 32 land cover classes) levels based on FAO's Land Cover Classification System (LCCS). High-resolution optical satellite imagery were used to generate dense time-series data from which the thematic land cover map was derived (2016). The map was fully verified and validated by an independent team to achieve the Copernicus Global Land Monitoring Programme's strict data quality requirements. An independent validation dataset was also collected and it is shared here. The validation dataset contains 440 verified land cover points based on the [up to] 32 modular level land cover classes. Furthermore, two predefined symbology (QGIS legend files) for the land cover and validation datasets based on FAO's LCCS is also shared here to ease the visualization of them (Dichotomous and Modular levels). Further details regarding the sites selection, mapping and validation procedures are described in the corresponding publication: Szantoi, Z., Brink, A., Lupi, A., Mannone, C., and Jaffrain, G.: Key Landscapes for Conservation Land Cover and Change Monitoring Thematic and Validation Datasets for Sub-Saharan Africa, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12-3001-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3001-2020.

Three datasets are shared here.Data format: vector (shapefile, polygon - LC datasets), vector (shapefile, point - validation dataset),Geographic Coordinate System (LC/LCC dataset): World Geodetic System 1984 (EPSG:4326) and its datum (EPSG:6326),Projected coordinate system (validation data): Africa Albers Equal Area Conic (EPSG:102022),Minimum mapping unit: 0.5-5ha.Land cover dataset attributes:[mapcode_A] - dichotomous level,[mapcode_B] - modular level (Mapcode),[name_B] - corresponding modular class name.Validation dataset attributes:[plaus2016] - modular level (Mapcode),The naming of all attributes follow the same structure in all shapefiles - see Table 2 Dichotomous and Modular thematic land cover/use classes in the corresponding publication.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922856
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3001-2020
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.922856
Provenance
Creator Szantoi, Zoltan ORCID logo; Brink, Andreas; Lupi, Andrea; Mammone, Claudio; Jaffrain, Gabriel ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2020
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset
Format application/zip
Size 10.9 MBytes
Discipline Earth System Research