Coastal Services Center

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Coastal Great Lakes Land Cover

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Formed by retreating glaciers over 14,000 years ago, the Great Lakes form a critical and valuable part of the U.S. coastal zone. The Great Lakes are a vital source of freshwater and provide diverse habitats for over 3,500 plant and animal species. Numerous economic activities such as agriculture, commercial fisheries, shipping, and tourism are dependent on this land and sea ecosystem.

For this project, the NOAA Coastal Services Center created land cover and change data for the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) according to Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) standards. These data are the first coastal land cover information available region-wide for the Great Lakes since 1992.

Project Data

Period

All States: 1996 – 2001

Description

The land cover and land cover change analyses were conducted using Landsat Thematic Mapper and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper satellite imagery. All states were completed in fall 2002, except Michigan . Michigan was completed in fall 2003.

Products include land cover for 1996 and 2001 and a change product that compares the two dates.

As part of this project, data were also developed for a small area on the Canadian side of the Lake St. Clair watershed. To find information about this project and to download this data, visit the Lake St. Clair project data Web page.

Download Data

Illinois

• Download Illinois 1996 Land Cover Data 2.5 megabytes
• Download Illinois 2001 Land Cover Data 2.5 megabytes
• Download Illinois 1996 – 2001 Land Cover Change Data 3.0 megabytes

Indiana

• Download Indiana 1996 Land Cover Data 4.0 megabytes
• Download Indiana 2001 Land Cover Data 4.0 megabytes
• Download Indiana 1996 – 2001 Land Cover Change Data 4.6 megabytes

Michigan

• Download Michigan 1996 Land Cover Data 48 megabytes
• Download Michigan 2001 Land Cover Data 48 megabytes
• Download Michigan 1996 – 2001 Land Cover Change Data 56.2 megabytes

Minnesota

• Download Minnesota 1996 Land Cover Data 15.8 megabytes
• Download Minnesota 2001 Land Cover Data 15.8 megabytes
• Download Minnesota 1996 – 2001 Land Cover Change Data 18.2 megabytes

New York

• Download New York 1996 Land Cover Data 38.4 megabytes
• Download New York 2001 Land Cover Data 38.4 megabytes
• Download New York 1996 – 2001 Land Cover Change Data 42.7 megabytes

Ohio

• Download Ohio 1996 Land Cover Data 8.5 megabytes
• Download Ohio 2001 Land Cover Data 8.5 megabytes
• Download Ohio 1996 – 2001 Land Cover Change Data 9.5 megabytes

Pennsylvania

• Download Pennsylvania 1996 Land Cover Data 17.9 megabytes
• Download Pennsylvania 2001 Land Cover Data 17.9 megabytes
• Download Pennsylvania 1996 – 2001 Land Cover Change Data 20.1 megabytes

Wisconsin

• Download Wisconsin 1996 Land Cover Data 21.5 megabytes
• Download Wisconsin 2001 Land Cover Data 21.5 megabytes
• Download Wisconsin 1996 – 2001 Land Cover Change Data 24.5 megabytes

Other Available Regional Data

• Lake St. Clair Project Data

Complete information about the data-processing procedures can be found in the metadata file that accompanies the downloaded data.

This project was accomplished through the assistance of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, New York Department of State, and University of Wisconsin at Madison . Data for the Great Lakes, except Michigan , were produced by Earth Satellite Corporation. Michigan and Lake St. Clair data were produced by Space Imaging, Inc.

Go to the Regional Data Page

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