Example of reference and validation plots in hi-rez imagery and on the map. For more information on LCMAP product validation, see the LCMAP Website.
Multimedia
Images
LCMAP Sample Reference Plots
Example of reference and validation plots in hi-rez imagery and on the map. For more information on LCMAP product validation, see the LCMAP Website.
LCMAP 1985 Land Cover for California
This map of California displays the LCMAP (Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection) Primary Land Cover for California in 1985. The green represents forests (tree cover). Learn more in a study. USGS EROS map
This map of California displays the LCMAP (Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection) Primary Land Cover for California in 1985. The green represents forests (tree cover). Learn more in a study. USGS EROS map
LCMAP 2021 Land Cover for California
This map of California displays the LCMAP (Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection) Primary Land Cover for California in 2021. The green represents forests (tree cover). Learn more in the study. USGS EROS map
This map of California displays the LCMAP (Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection) Primary Land Cover for California in 2021. The green represents forests (tree cover). Learn more in the study. USGS EROS map
LCMAP land cover and Landsat imagery from 1985 to 2021 in California's Butte and Plumas counties
linkThese animations are from Butte and Plumas counties in northeastern California from 1985 to 2021. On the left is Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection, or LCMAP (v1.3), land cover, with green representing forests (tree cover). On the right is true-color Landsat satellite imagery.
LCMAP land cover and Landsat imagery from 1985 to 2021 in California's Butte and Plumas counties
linkThese animations are from Butte and Plumas counties in northeastern California from 1985 to 2021. On the left is Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection, or LCMAP (v1.3), land cover, with green representing forests (tree cover). On the right is true-color Landsat satellite imagery.
LCMAP land cover and Landsat imagery from 1985 to 2021 of the Wragg Fire area in California
These animations are from the Wragg Fire that occurred north of San Francisco, California, in 2015. On the left is Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection, or LCMAP (v1.3), land cover, with green representing forests (tree cover). On the right is false-color Landsat satellite imagery.
These animations are from the Wragg Fire that occurred north of San Francisco, California, in 2015. On the left is Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection, or LCMAP (v1.3), land cover, with green representing forests (tree cover). On the right is false-color Landsat satellite imagery.
LCMAP CONUS Reference Data Download
An illustration of where to download LCMAP CONUS Reference Data. The Reference Data can be downloaded through ScienceBase.
An illustration of where to download LCMAP CONUS Reference Data. The Reference Data can be downloaded through ScienceBase.
Videos
LCMAP - Time of Spectral Change & Spectral Change Magnitude
An overview of LCMAP Collection 1 science products: Time of Spectral Change, and Spectral Change Magnitude products.
An overview of LCMAP Collection 1 science products: Time of Spectral Change, and Spectral Change Magnitude products.
Value of Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, Projection Collection 1
The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) Initiative scientist Jennifer Rover offers examples of LCMAP Science Product uses at the 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Winter Meeting.
The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) Initiative scientist Jennifer Rover offers examples of LCMAP Science Product uses at the 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Winter Meeting.
LCMAP Collection 1 Science Products - Annual Land Cover Change
An overview of LCMAP Collection 1 Science Products: Annual Land Cover Change
An overview of LCMAP Collection 1 Science Products: Annual Land Cover Change
LCMAP Collection 1 Science Products - Primary & Secondary Land Cover
LCMAP Collection 1 includes 10 Science Products, offering different perspectives for the study of land change across the country, through time. The primary and secondary land cover products, provide important information on the most likely land cover class for each pixel. Their associated confidence products record the level of confidence in each classification.
LCMAP Collection 1 includes 10 Science Products, offering different perspectives for the study of land change across the country, through time. The primary and secondary land cover products, provide important information on the most likely land cover class for each pixel. Their associated confidence products record the level of confidence in each classification.
LCMAP: Revolutionizing Remote Sensing
Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) - A new way of presenting where, how and why land change has occurred.
Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) - A new way of presenting where, how and why land change has occurred.
Audio
Eyes on Earth Episode 71 – Blue Oak Forests of California
In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we zero in on the use of USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) products to examine the effects of drought on California’s Blue Oaks. LCMAP datasets are built from Landsat data and reveal the land cover and change of every pixel in the conterminous United States, dating back to 1985.
In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we zero in on the use of USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) products to examine the effects of drought on California’s Blue Oaks. LCMAP datasets are built from Landsat data and reveal the land cover and change of every pixel in the conterminous United States, dating back to 1985.
Eyes on Earth Episode 69 - Thirty Years of Land Change in the U.S.
Land change is a constant. Even land areas that see little major change can see disruptions from storms, heat waves, wildfires, or invasive species. But major changes aren't uncommon, either. Each year in the U.S., farm fields become tracts of suburban homes, wetlands become more permanent bodies of water, and shrublands burn to be replaced with grasslands.
Land change is a constant. Even land areas that see little major change can see disruptions from storms, heat waves, wildfires, or invasive species. But major changes aren't uncommon, either. Each year in the U.S., farm fields become tracts of suburban homes, wetlands become more permanent bodies of water, and shrublands burn to be replaced with grasslands.
Eyes on Earth Episode 29 – Tracking Landscape Change with LCMAP
The U.S. Geological Survey took a bold step toward documenting change across the landscape with the launch of the first Landsat satellite in 1972. Since then, it’s collected nearly five decades of imagery. But it takes more than just imagery to understand change. It takes time, effort—and serious computing horsepower.
The U.S. Geological Survey took a bold step toward documenting change across the landscape with the launch of the first Landsat satellite in 1972. Since then, it’s collected nearly five decades of imagery. But it takes more than just imagery to understand change. It takes time, effort—and serious computing horsepower.
Eyes on Earth Episode 22 – Meet the Mendenhall Fellow
The Mendenhall Program offers a range of two-year post-doctoral research fellowships within the U.S. Geological Survey. Heather Tollerud took advantage of the program in 2015 to study drought and land cover at the USGS EROS Center, and has since become a key player in the Center’s innovative Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (LCMAP) initiative.
The Mendenhall Program offers a range of two-year post-doctoral research fellowships within the U.S. Geological Survey. Heather Tollerud took advantage of the program in 2015 to study drought and land cover at the USGS EROS Center, and has since become a key player in the Center’s innovative Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (LCMAP) initiative.