National Land Cover Data 2001
Abstract:
This data set is one complete raster coverage of the MRLC
National Land Cover Data (NLCD) covering the conterminous United States.
The NLCD is composed of 16-classes, and is derived from
Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper, and Landsat 5 satellite data
centered around 2001. A
complete description of these data can be found at
http://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd.php.
Purpose:
The NLCD data is distributed by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics
Consortium (MRLC). CDIAC has combined the regional files created by the MRLC
into one contiguous raster data file for the conterminous United
States. Smaller, regional coverages can be downloaded directly from the MRLC:
http://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd_multizone_map.php
Download graphic image and metadata
files:
Graphic (TIFF)
Metadata
Readme
Download NLCD2001 spatial data:
Spatial data is provided in two formats. Winzip
(http://www.winzip.com) or Stuffit
(http://www.stuffit.com)
may be used to open .zip files. Due to the size limitation in earlier versions
of these softwares, only Winzip 9.0, Stuffit 8.5, or later versions are recommended
to open the zip files distributed here.
1. ESRI ArcInfo Grid. The unzipped files are approximately 2.68GB.
The zipfile contains two directories: info, and nlcd_2001.
Please retain the native directory structure of these files after they
have been uncompressed.
ArcInfo Grid file: nlcd2001arc.zip (1.14GB)
2. ERDAS Imagine. The unzipped files are approximately 28GB.
Imagine file: nlcd2001img.zip (1.17GB)
