Sources:

Input data (landcover map) – 2001 NLCD landcover map of the United States

Source data (ESRI grids) - Data download page (for technical users)

LCM algorithm (landcover mosaic classification) – Concepts: Wickham and Norton. 1994. Mapping and analyzing landscape patterns. Landscape Ecology 9:7-23. Implementation: Riitters, Wickham, and Wade. 2009. An indicator of forest dynamics using a shifting landscape mosaic. Ecological Indicators 9:107-117. (PDF)

Credits:

Image Processing – K. Riitters (US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station)

KMZ Production – K. Riitters

Web Hosting – T. Pierce (University of North Carolina-Asheville), Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center

Additional Support – P. Vogt (European Commission, DG-Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability), GDAL, FWTools, GDAL2Tiles

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