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Assessment and Potential of the 2007 USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer for Statewide Annual Land Cover Applications

Luman, Don; Tweddale, Tari

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Title
Assessment and Potential of the 2007 USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer for Statewide Annual Land Cover Applications
Author(s)
  • Luman, Don
  • Tweddale, Tari
Issue Date
2008-12-03
Keyword(s)
  • Land use
  • land cover
  • remote sensing
  • agriculture
  • cropland
  • accuracy assessment
  • AWiFS
  • MODIS
  • INHS Division of Ecology and Conservation Science
  • INHS Section for Wildlife and Plant Ecology
  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Realty and Environmental Planning
  • Science in support of agriculture
  • Science in support of ecosystem management and conservation
Abstract
The results of this accuracy assessment analysis clearly demonstrate that the enhanced U.S. Department of Agriculture NASS CDL product, produced for thefirst time in 2007 for Illinois, is sufficiently accurate to be used by natural resource agencies and other organizations needing regional land cover information on a recurring basis. Prior to 2007, detailed non-agricultural land cover was not well characterized by NASS, and the 1999-2002 multiagency-funded project to combine USDA NASS’ agricultural land cover with non-agricultural cover separately produced by state personnel was determined to be costly and required an additional year of effort for integration of the two classification maps.
Publisher
Division of Ecology and Conservation Science Section for Wildlife and Plant Ecology
Series/Report Name or Number
Technical Report INHS 2008 (49)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18134
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
INHS Technical Report Prepared for Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Realty and Environmental Planning
Copyright and License Information
This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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