Users
The geoland Core Service Land Cover (CSL) serves the geoland regional observatories and a number of national user organisations with harmonized, topical and geometric correct basic information on Land Cover. In order to be able to address all European ecozones and the needs of the regional observatories as well 5 core test sites have been selected.
The regional observatories within geoland are served by the basic information products generated in CSL:
- Observatory Nature Protection (ONP) more…
- Observatory Spatial Planning (OSP) more…
- Observatory Water & Soil - Water (OWS-W) more…
- Observatory Water & Soil - Soil (OWS-S) more…
In addition, CSL producs are being delivered to and tested by
- Greek National Forest Service
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency SEPA
- State Forest Service of Thuringia (Germany)
- Water Authorities of Thuringia (Germany)
- Nature Protection Authorities of Thuringia (Germany)
- Alpine Convention
- French Institute for the Environment (IFEN)
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Scandinavian Conditions - Daläven River Basin
Area: ~ 27,000 km²; Users: Observatory OWS-W; SEPA
Central European Conditions - Unstrut River Basin
Area: ~ 6,500 km²; Users: Observatories OWS-W & ONP; State forest service of Thuringia; Water authorities of Thuringia; Thuringian nature protection authorities
Alpine Conditions - Austrian Alps (parts of states Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia)
Area: ~6,000 km²; Users: Observatory ONP; Alpine Convention
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CSL core test sites across Europe
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Mediterranean Conditions I - Baïses, part of Adour-Garonne
Area: ~3000 km²; Users: Observatory OWS-W; IFEN
Mediterranean Conditions II - Chalkidiki Peninsula
Area: ~ 20,000 km²; Users: Observatories OWS-S & ONP; Greek national forest service
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