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Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
By Mark A. Ernste, Chandra Giri, and John Hutchinson
- Contact
- Mark Ernste
- E-mail
- Software
- ArcInfo Workstation, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop
- Hardware
- Apple Macintosh G4 and SGI UNIX Server
- Printer
- Harris five-color offset press
- Data Source(s)
- GTOPO30 global topographic data, National Atlas of the United States, and SPOT Vegetation satellite data
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The availability and accessibility of regional and global land cover data sets play an important role in many global change studies including climate change, biodiversity assessment, ecosystem assessment, and increasingly sophisticated Earth system models. The importance of such science-based information is reflected in a growing number of international, continental, and national projects and programs.
The land cover characterization database of North America for the year 2000 was prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Resources Observation System Data Center and the Canada Center for Remote Sensing using SPOT Vegetation satellite data. This is a regional component of the Global Land Cover 2000 (GLC-2000) project. The Global Land Cover Characterization Program contains a detailed description of the methodology used and data sets produced. The Joint Research Center of the European Commission in collaboration with more than 30 partner institutions around the world is implementing the GLC-2000 project. The main objective of the project is to prepare a consistent and reliable land cover database of the world for the year 2000. Map compilation and printing are provided by the United Nations Environment Programme, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. For a free copy of this poster, contact Jane S. Smith. |
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