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Land Cover Datasets

Cloud-optimized versions of global and US alnd cover data. Currently GLS-LC100 CC-BY-4.0 + NLCD. public-domain

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: Global land cover classification, 100 m (CGLS-LC100 v3.0.1, 2019), as Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF · H3 resolution-9 hex GeoParquet of CGLS-LC100 2019 (mode class per cell) · NLCD land cover (US)
Coverage docs-verified: Global (CGLS-LC100); United States (NLCD) · 2019 (CGLS-LC100)
Resolution docs-verified: 100 m raster (CGLS-LC100); H3 resolution 9 (~174 m edge) hex layer
Formats docs-verified: Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF · GeoParquet · STAC collection JSON
Access docs-verified: Free, public, anonymous HTTPS/S3 access via data.source.coop. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 for CGLS-LC100; NLCD listed as public-domain

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Land-cover class proportions (forest, grass/shrub, built-up, bare) for catchment or site baseline screening · Class-area estimates from the H3 hex layer for habitat or land-use context in BNG-style screening · Built-up and bare-ground share for impermeability assumptions in drainage strategy screening
Audience llm-inferred: GIS analysts · hydrologists · ecologists · planners · drainage engineers

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: CGLS-LC100 is a single 2019 snapshot; no other years are listed in the docs · Overall classification accuracy is roughly 80% per the product description, so local checks are needed · NLCD (US only) has no asset-level detail in the docs; coverage is limited to the United States · Hex layer uses mode aggregation at ~174 m, so it loses detail below that scale · lc_class is categorical and must not be summed or averaged; class areas need distinct-cell counts times cell area · Class 0 is a no-data fill class; the COG NoData sentinel is 255 · Rendering needs a TiTiler endpoint; there is no PMTiles layer · Docs give no update schedule and no UK-specific validation

Licence: see product README
Authentication: Public; anonymous HTTPS/S3 access via data.source.coop
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Last commit: Unknown
Last successful page check: 14/10/2026
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Provenance & evidence

Verified via Source Cooperative API /api/v1/products/cboettig (public product, updated 2026-06-17).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: manual-2026-10-15 (source.coop)