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Land Cover and Land Cover Change/ Cobertura del suelo y cambios en la cobertura del suelo

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Please cite the North American Land Cover, 2010 database as: “2010 North American Land Cover at 250 m spatial resolution. Produced by Natural Resources Canada/ The Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (NRCan/CCMEO), United States Geological Survey (USGS); Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) and Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR).” Please cite the North American Land Cover Change, 2005-2010 database as: “2005-2010 North American Land Cover Change at 250 m spatial resolution. Produced by Natural Resources Canada/ The Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (NRCan/CCMEO), United States Geological Survey (USGS); Insituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) and Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR).”

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These map products of the North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS) are a collaborative initiative between Canada, Mexico, and the United States to monitor land cover - the observed physical cover on the surface of the Earth - and its change over time. These maps represents land cover in 2005, 2010, and land cover change from 2005-2010 based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery monthly composites at 250 m spatial resolution. Nineteen land cover classes were defined using the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) standard developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations. The NALCMS was developed to depict information about land cover and land cover change [...]

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The North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS) was developed to depict information about land cover - the observed physical cover on the surface of the earth - and land cover change in a seamless, consistent, and automated way across North America at regular intervals. El Sistema de Monitoreo del Cambio en la Cobertura del Suelo de América del Norte (NALCMS, por sus siglas en inglés) tiene por objeto elaborar representaciones de la cobertura del suelo —la cubierta física observada en la superficie terrestre— y mostrar sus cambios de modo integrado, concordante y automatizado para toda América del Norte, a intervalos regulares.

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The CEC does not ensure that this is the most updated representation of this information, although updates will be conducted on an irregular basis. We make every effort to provide and maintain accurate, complete, usable, and timely information on our Web pages. However, some CEC data and information accessed through these pages may, of necessity, be preliminary in nature. These data and information are provided with the understanding that they are not guaranteed to be complete. Users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of these data and information before using them for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Conclusions drawn from, or actions undertaken on the basis of, such data and information are the sole responsibility of the user. For additional information on your license rights or for more information regarding a particular dataset, please contact the CEC at naatlas@cec.org.
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  • Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative
  • LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal

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