In this video I will show you how to download the Global Landcover data by ESA. This dataset has been developed using the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 images of the year 2020.
Also, In the later part of the video it is shown, how to use the landcover data in google earth engine and how to export the data for your region of interest.
ESA WorldCover provides a new baseline global land cover product at 10 m resolution for 2020 based on Sentinel-1 and 2 data that was developed and validated in almost near-real time and at the same time maximizes the impact and uptake for the end users.
The ESA WorldCover product is provided free of charge, without restriction of use. For the full license information see the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Publications, models and data products that make use of these datasets must include proper acknowledgement, including citing the datasets and the journal article as in the following citation.
Citation:
A publication on the product will be available in the next month.
If you are using the data as a layer in a published map, please include the following attribution text:
© ESA WorldCover project 2020 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium’
To cite these maps as data source in your publication, please add:
Zanaga, D., Van De Kerchove, R., De Keersmaecker, W., Souverijns, N., Brockmann, C., Quast, R., Wevers, J., Grosu, A., Paccini, A., Vergnaud, S., Cartus, O., Santoro, M., Fritz, S., Georgieva, I., Lesiv, M., Carter, S., Herold, M., Li, Linlin, Tsendbazar, N.E., Ramoino, F., Arino, O., 2021. ESA WorldCover 10 m 2020 v100. [ Ссылка ]
Resources:
- Website: [ Ссылка ]
- WorldCover viewer: [ Ссылка ]
- Earth Engine App: [ Ссылка ]
- Earth Engine script used in video - [ Ссылка ]
- Earth engine ESA Landcover data details - [ Ссылка ]
Timeline of the video:
00:00 - Introduction
02:43 - Browse & Download ESA 2020 Landcover data in GeoTiff format
06:25 - Access and Download ESA 2020 Landcover data in Google Earth Engine
