Dataset

Africa Land Cover

Land Use / Land CoverAfricaRwanda Geoportal

Dataset Objective

To map out land cover/land use for Africa.

Context

Map features Africa Land Cover at 30m resolution from MDAUS BaseVue 2013.

What is included

Dataset consist of land cover/ land use categorized as: deciduous forest, evergreen forest, shrub/scrub, grassland, barren / minimal vegetation, general agriculture, paddy agriculture, wetland, mangrove, ice/snow, clouds, woody wetlands, mixed forest, urban, high density, urban, low density and urban, medium to low density.

Collection Methods

Satellite imagery and monitoring based on MDAUS BaseVue, 2013.