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Land Cover & Land Use

ESA GlobCover 2009

ESA GlobCover 2009 is a historical 300m global land cover map from the ESA MERIS sensor with 22 land cover classes, useful as a baseline for change analysis.

Format GeoTIFF
Coverage Global
Resolution 300m
License Free open access (CC BY 4.0)
Update Static historical product (2009)
Download source Open official source

Format

GeoTIFF

Geometry

Raster

Coverage

Global

Resolution

300m

About this dataset

Historical 300m global land cover map from ESA MERIS imagery, useful as a baseline for land cover change analysis.

ESA GlobCover 2009 is a historical 300m resolution global land cover map produced from MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) imagery aboard the ENVISAT satellite. It provides 22 land cover classes based on the UN FAO classification system and serves as a valuable baseline for analyzing land cover changes over the past decades.

Historical land cover change analysis Baseline comparison studies Environmental monitoring

How to download

  1. 1 Open the ESA DUE GlobCover page.
  2. 2 Select the GlobCover 2009 product.
  3. 3 Download the global mosaic or regional tiles.
  4. 4 Open the GeoTIFF in GeoDataViewer or QGIS to view land cover classes.

ESA DUE GlobCover

Official ESA download page

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Copernicus Data Space

Alternative access via Copernicus

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FAQ

Why use GlobCover 2009 when newer products exist?

GlobCover 2009 provides a historical baseline at 300m resolution from a consistent methodology, enabling direct comparison with newer products like ESA WorldCover (2020) to quantify two decades of land cover change.

What sensor was used for GlobCover?

GlobCover 2009 was produced from MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) data aboard the ESA ENVISAT satellite, which operated from 2002 to 2012.