Eyes on Earth Episode 54 – National Land Cover Database 2019

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Summary: The National Land Cover Database, or NLCD, was the first and remains the most well-known set of satellite-based land cover mapping products released by EROS. It sorts the each 30-by-30-meter plot of land in the United States into a land cover class, such as cropland, pasture, high-intensity developed, deciduous forest, and the like. It also includes information on impervious urban surfaces, forest canopy cover and more. For this episode of Eyes on Earth, we hear about the latest release, NLCD 2019, the importance of land cover, and how mapping teams at EROS work together to produce accurate, reliable information.

Guest: Jon Dewitz, USGS National Land Cover Database manager

Host: John Hult

Producer: John Hult

Release date: July 12, 2021

More on NLCD: 

• National Land Cover Database 2019
• National Land Cover Database web viewer
• Eyes on Earth Episode 3 – National Land Cover Database
• New Land Cover Maps Capture Nearly Two Decades of Change Across the U.S.