Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on land use and land cover and Anywhere:
Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center
Access to products archived at the EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD, including aerial photography, remote sensing data, satellite imagery, maps, and elevation data with product search retrieval and ordering information.
(Score: 3.000)
Chesapeake Bay activities
Information on USGS studies of Chesapeake Bay, the nations largest estuary, concerned with water quality, ecosystem history and change, vital habitat and biological resources,and land use studies.
(Score: 1.424)
National Gap Analysis Program
Home page of the Gap Analysis Program (GAP) providing asessments of the conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types of the U.S. Links to projects, applications, status maps, and a searchable database.
(Score: 1.380)
Nationalatlas.gov - National Atlas of the United States
Portal to general information on the National Atlas of the United States with access to produce specialized maps and links to thematic atlas maps including interactive maps, multimedia maps, map layers data warehouse, printed and printable maps.
(Score: 1.380)
Earth Surface Processes
Homepage for Earth Surface Processes Team with research studies in two general categories: climate change and geologic mapping. Links to research activities, available data sets, workhop, and programs.
(Score: 1.000)
Earthshots, satellite images of environmental change
Satellite images of geographic areas of interest, cities, deserts, glaciers, geologic features,disaster areas,water bodies,and wildlife linked with articles, maps, and other images such as AVHRR, photographs,and special projects images.
(Score: 1.000)
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)
Homepage of the Land Processes DAAC which processes, archives, and distributes land-related data collected by Earth Observing System (EOS) sensors. Links to data products including ETM+ Landsat data, ASTER data, and MODIS land products.
(Score: 1.000)
TerraWeb
Terrestrial remote sensing program with links to coastal and marine, arid and semi-arid, other land environmental data and digital image products plus software Mini Image Processing Sensing System (MIPS).
(Score: 1.000)
Land use history of North America (LUHNA)
Report prepared with NASA on the importance of a historical context for understanding ongoing changes in land cover and land use in North America and the effect on the environment. Site contains primarily contents of a book edited by T.D.Sisk.
(Score: 0.811)
Digital Line Graphs (DLGs)
Description of Digital Line Graphs (DLG)with explanations of layers and feature types, scales, available products, media, prices, and links to search and order webpages.
(Score: 0.690)
Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program
Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program (GAM) conducts studies about land surface change, environmental and human health, fire and urban ecology, and natural hazards to help decision-makers in land-use planning and land management.
(Score: 0.690)
Geographic data download
Site to download various geographic datasets with links to FTP file access, status maps, public domain software, and Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) information. These datasets are not directly viewable.
(Score: 0.690)
National land cover characterization
Homepage for the National Land Cover Data (NLCD), a land cover classification scheme, for the the United States based on data derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite data. Includes links to description, products, accuracy, and program partners.
(Score: 0.690)
Overview of the greenness of the conterminous U.S.
Site to learn about, view, and order digital image vegetation condition (greenness) maps of the conterminous U.S. based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) with imagery from Advanced High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR).
(Score: 0.690)
Spatial Analysis Branch, National Wetlands Research Center
Home page for National Wetlands Research Centers (NWRC) Spatial Analysis Branch (SAB) which uses state-of-the-art technology to assist the work of natural resource managers with spatial data and computerized analysis techniques. CAPABILITIES
(Score: 0.690)
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The vegetation, water, natural surface, and cultural features on the land surface. [USGS Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Data, link]
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