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Specifications for updating USGS land use and land cover maps

Open-File Report 83-116
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83116

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Abstract

To meet the increasing demands for up-to-date land use and land cover information, a primary goal of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) national land use and land cover mapping program is to provide for periodic updating of maps and data in a timely and uniform manner. The technical specifications for updating existing USGS land use and land cover maps that are presented here cover both the interpretive aspects of detecting and identifying land use and land cover changes and the cartographic aspects of mapping and presenting the change data in conventional map format. They provide the map compiler with the procedures and techniques necessary to then use these change data to update existing land use and land cover maps in a manner that is both standardized and repeatable. Included are specifications for the acquisition of remotely sensed source materials, selection of compilation map bases, handling of data base corrections, editing and quality control operations, generation of map update products for USGS open file, and the reproduction and distribution of open file materials. These specifications are planned to become part of the National Mapping Division's Technical Instructions.

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Milazzo, V.A., 1983, Specifications for updating USGS land use and land cover maps: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-116, iii, 65 p. ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83116.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Specifications for updating USGS land use and land cover maps
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 83-116
DOI 10.3133/ofr83116
Year Published 1983
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iii, 65 p. ill., map ;28 cm.
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