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Land Cover & Land Use

GLC_FCS30 (全球30m精细土地覆盖)

GLC_FCS30 is a global 30m fine land cover dataset from the Chinese Academy of Sciences with 35+ land cover types, produced from Landsat time-series imagery.

Format GeoTIFF
Coverage Global
Resolution 30m
License Free open access (CC BY 4.0)
Update Versioned releases (2015, 2020)
Download source Open official source

Format

GeoTIFF

Geometry

Raster

Coverage

Global

Resolution

30m

About this dataset

Global 30m fine land cover classification produced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences using time-series Landsat imagery, covering 35+ land cover types.

GLC_FCS30 is a global 30m resolution fine land cover classification produced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) using time-series Landsat imagery from 2015 and 2020. It distinguishes over 35 land cover types following the FAO Land Cover Classification System (LCCS), providing more granular detail than typical global products.

Fine-scale land cover mapping Agricultural monitoring Ecological assessment

How to download

  1. 1 Register an account on the CASEarth data portal.
  2. 2 Search for GLC_FCS30 in the dataset catalog.
  3. 3 Select the desired year (2015 or 2020) and region.
  4. 4 Download the GeoTIFF tiles and open in GeoDataViewer or QGIS.

CASEarth Data Portal

Official download with registration

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Google Earth Engine

Programmatic access via Earth Engine

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FAQ

How many land cover types does GLC_FCS30 include?

GLC_FCS30 distinguishes over 35 land cover types following the FAO LCCS taxonomy, providing finer detail than most global land cover products that typically have 10-20 classes.

What imagery was used to produce GLC_FCS30?

GLC_FCS30 was produced using time-series Landsat imagery combined with auxiliary data, applying a spatiotemporal classification algorithm developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.