Land cover mapping for Europe's Copernicus CLC+ Backbone
Raster and vector land cover products from 2017-2019 satellite data, for seven countries.
Raster and vector land cover products from 2017-2019 satellite data, for seven countries.
The challenge
CLC+ Backbone needed a wall-to-wall vector layer with 18 thematic classes and an 11-class raster land cover product at 10 m resolution, across many countries.
Both had to follow the EAGLE data model and be checked against Sentinel-2 and very high resolution satellite imagery. They are the main land cover input for European land monitoring and policy reporting.
What was done
Oikon worked as a subcontractor to GAF AG, for the European Environment Agency under the EU’s Copernicus programme. It covered seven countries and also validated training samples for Turkey.
Methods used
Outcome
Oikon delivered thematic classification, in-situ data collection and internal validation for both CLC+ Backbone products across seven countries.
The products support current and future European land cover and land use monitoring and policy reporting, and form the basis for later CLC+ components.
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