Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
The National Land Cover Database products are created through a cooperative project conducted by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium. The MRLC Consortium is a partnership of federal agencies (www.mrlc.gov), consisting of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service (USDA-FS), the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Previously, NLCD consisted of three major data releases based on a 10-year cycle. These include a circa 1992 conterminous U.S. land cover dataset with one thematic layer (NLCD 1992), a circa 2001 50-state/Puerto Rico updated U.S. land cover database (NLCD 2001 2011 Edition) with three layers including thematic land cover, percent imperviousness, and percent tree canopy, and a 1992/2001 Land Cover Change Retrofit Product. With these national data layers, there is often a 5-year time lag between the image capture date and product release. In some areas, the land cover can undergo significant change during production time, resulting in products that may be perpetually out of date. To address these issues, this circa 2006 NLCD land cover product (NLCD 2006 2011 Edition) was conceived to meet user community needs for more frequent land cover monitoring (moving to a 5-year cycle) and to reduce the production time between image capture and product release. NLCD 2006 (2011 edition) is designed to provide the user both updated land cover data and additional information that can be used to identify the pattern, nature, and magnitude of changes occurring between 2001 (2011 Edition) and 2006 (2011 Edition) for the conterminous United States at medium spatial resolution. For NLCD 2006 (2011 Edition), there are 4 primary data products: 1) NLCD 2006 Land Cover (2011 Edition); 2) NLCD 2001/2006 Land Cover Change Pixels (2011 Edition) labeled with the 2006 land cover class; 3) NLCD 2006 Percent Developed Imperviousness (2011 Edition), and 4) NLCD 2001/2006 Percent Developed Imperviousness Change (2011 Edition). In addition, ancillary metadata includes the NLCD 2006 Path/Row Index vector file showing the footprint of Landsat scene pairs used to derive 2001/2006 spectral change with change pair acquisition dates included in the attribute table. As part of the NLCD 2011 project, NLCD 2001 data products have been revised and reissued (2011 Edition) to provide full compatibility with all other NLCD 2011 Edition products. The 2014 amended version corrects for the over-elimination of small areas of the four developed classes. Land cover maps, derivatives and all associated documents are considered "provisional" until a formal accuracy assessment can be conducted. The NLCD 2006 is created on a path/row basis and mosaicked to create a seamless national product. Questions about the NLCD 2006 land cover product can be directed to the NLCD 2006 land cover mapping team at the USGS/EROS, Sioux Falls, SD (605) 594-6151 or mrlc@usgs.gov.
Citation
Title NLCD 2006 Percent Developed Imperviousness (2011 Edition, amended 2014), 3 x 3 Degree: NLCD2006_IMP_N33W114
Publication Date  Date   2014-10-10
Publication Date  Date   2005-02-11
Publication Date  Date   2007-10-03
File Modification Date  Date   2015-04-15 15:36:00
Topic Category:  geoscientificInformation
Theme Keywords
NGDA
National Geospatial Data Asset
Land Use Land Cover Theme
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Title NGDA Portfolio Themes
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Theme Keywords
Land cover
Image processing
GIS
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
digital spatial data
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Title None
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Theme Keywords
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
010
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Title ISO 19115 Topic Category
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Theme Keywords
Downloadable Data
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Title The National Map Type Thesaurus
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Theme Keywords
Land Cover
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Title The National Map Theme Thesaurus
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Theme Keywords
National Land Cover Database (NLCD) - 2006
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Title The National Map Collection Thesaurus
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Theme Keywords
3 x 3 degree
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Title The National Map Product Extent Thesaurus
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Theme Keywords
GeoTIFF
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Title The National Map Product Format Thesaurus
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Place Keywords
United States
U.S.
US
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Title U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4,): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology
revision  Date   2015-07-20
Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Resource Type > Document
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Method > Information Processing
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Realm > Earth Surface
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Resource Type > Spatial Data
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Equipment > Satellites
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Resource Type > Data Set
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Feature > Environmental Feature
publication  Date   2017-01-17
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purpose:
The goal of this project is to provide the Nation with complete, current and consistent public domain information on its land use and land cover.
Resource language:  eng
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -117
eastBoundLongitude  -114
northBoundLatitude  36
southBoundLatitude  33
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Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Customer Service Representative
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
Address
electronic Mail Addresstnm_help@usgs.gov
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name ScienceBase Item Summary Page
URL:https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/550c3187e4b02e76d759cfdf
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
link function information
Description Link to the ScienceBase Item Summary page for the item described by this metadata record
target application profile  Web Browser
Linkage for online resource
name TIFF
URL:http://gisdata.usgs.gov/tdds/downloadfile.php?TYPE=nlcd2006_imp_3x3&ORIG=SBDDG&FNAME=NLCD2006_IMP_N33W114.zip
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
link function information
Description ScienceBase WebLink
target application profile  Web Browser
Linkage for online resource
name Download Attached Files
URL:https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/550c3187e4b02e76d759cfdf
protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
link function information
Description Download Link
target application profile  Web Browser
Metadata data stamp:  2015-04-15T21:20:13Z
Metadata Constraints
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
none
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Customer Services Representative
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 605/594-6151
Fax 605/594-6589
Address
electronic Mail Addresscustserv@usgs.gov
Metadata contact - metadataContact
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Customer Services Representative
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 605/594-6151
Fax 605/594-6589
Address
electronic Mail Addresscustserv@usgs.gov
Metadata contact - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO19115
standard version:  1.0
Metadata record identifier:  550c3187e4b02e76d759cfdf
URI for dataset described: > https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/550c3187e4b02e76d759cfdf

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)