National Land Cover Database 2011 (NLCD 2011)

Abstract

National Land Cover Database 2011 (NLCD 2011) is the most recent national land cover product created by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium. NLCD 2011 provides - for the first time - the capability to assess wall-to-wall, spatially explicit, national land cover changes and trends across the United States from 2001 to 2011. As with two previous NLCD land cover products NLCD 2011 keeps the same 16-class land cover classification scheme that has been applied consistently across the United States at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. NLCD 2011 is based primarily on a decision-tree classification of circa 2011 Landsat satellite data. [Note: The scheduled release date for NLCD 2016 products is Friday, December 28, 2018] Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Website Pointer to National Land Cover Database 2011 (NLCD 2011). File Name: Web Page, url: https://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd2011.php Includes product description, data downloads (Conterminous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico), production statistics, and related references.</p