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Methodology - General Product Features - Product List
Methodology
CSL users request that to a certain extent the thematic content of the land cover classes is consistent with the CLC nomenclature, the only European standard for EO based Land Cover data bases. This assures that overall consistency and comparability are maintained as far as possible, and relevant information is delivered in a harmonized way.
As CLC is far from optimal for many end users working at regional / local level CSL offers identification of smaller land cover features by maintaining the thematic content, and better geometric correctness of border lines between classes
For this reason, a hierarchical approach is applied, following CLC nomenclature, as far as possible. Land Cover information is overall CLC nomenclature as required from the CORINE program.
General Product Features of CSL-I-1
| Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU) |
1 ha |
| Min. width of linear features |
40 m (= "2 SPOT pixel") |
| Positioning accuracy |
20 m - 30 m (à 1 pixel); 90 % of pixel incl. |
| Scale |
approx. 1 : 33,000.; dependent on MMU |
Product List
A detailed product list is yet to be completed.
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During year 1 of the project, production was completed in testsites in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, & Sweden. Although the quality assessment is still ongoing (carried out by users) the geo-data bases from test sites are now available for the observatories and their subsequent work. In addition, first versions of "Best Practice Guidelines" are available for Geo-coding, calibration and atmospheric correction, and for validation.
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Chalkidiki
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During year 1 of the project, production was completed in testsites in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, & Sweden. Although the quality assessment is still ongoing (carried out by users) the geo-data bases from test sites are now available for the observatories and their subsequent work. In addition, first versions of "Best Practice Guidelines" are available for Geo-coding, calibration and atmospheric correction, and for validation.
For year 2, the CSL partners have identified the following issues to be focused on:
- More effort on service interoperability between CSL and observatories to establish an integrated and extended portfolio;
- Methods integration & testing for hot spot mapping and change detection as a response to CLC update including additional national scale requirements;
- Methods integration & testing for up- and down-scaling of CSL products for continental annual reporting in co-operation with OLF;
- Support INSPIRE process, user-side working-groups, and coordination between GMES activities (e.g. Risk Management, Humanitarian aid) to achieve common content standards.
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