Land Cover AnalysisHonolulu County Land Cover
Project DataDescription Honolulu County contains the island of Oahu which is the third largest and most populated of the Hawaiian Islands with 876,151 residents (2000 Census). Oahu contains a diverse distribution of coastal land cover types which can be identified from space. By using remote sensing technology, we can quantify the land cover features on the island and establish a baseline for monitoring changes. High Resolution Land Cover data, circa 2005, was produced for Honolulu County using 2.4 meter Quickbird satellite imagery. Land cover and land cover change data prior to 2005 were produced using 30 meter resolution Landsat Thematic Mapper and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper satellite imagery. Download Data
Complete information about the data-processing procedures can be found in the metadata file that accompanies the downloaded data. Data production was coordinated through the NOAA Pacific Services Center, in partnership with the Hawaii State Office of Planning, the Hawaii Gap Analysis Program, and the U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center, and with the assistance of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Natural Heritage Program. |
