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Land Cover Database 2 Map

Abstract:

Land Cover Database 2 (LCDB2) is a thematic classification of 43 land cover and land use classes covering mainland New Zealand, near shore islands and the Chatham Islands. The first Land Cover Database (LCDB1) was completed in 2000 using SPOT satellite imagery acquired over the summer of 1996/97. LCDB2 was released in July 2004 and used Landsat 7 ETM+ satellite imagery acquired over the summer of 2001/02. This release also reports land cover/land use changes for the five-year period between the two acquisitions of satellite imagery. (Motu restricted dataset 1.)

Data Source: Ministry for the Environment and Terralink International.

Year: 2010

Data Access:

Restricted dataset.

Uses of data in Motu research:

Todd, Maribeth and Suzi Kerr. 2009. “How Does Changing Land Cover and Land Use in New Zealand relate to Land Use Capability and Slope?” Motu Working Paper 09-17.

Hendy, Joanna and Suzi Kerr. 2006. “Land Use Intensity Module: Land Use in Rural New Zealand Version 1,” Motu Working Paper 06-05.

Detailed documentation:

Download Motu data documentation (.pdf 118kb)