Archive for November, 2009

Mapping Biomes

Recently (2008) the European Space Agency produced GlobCover (ESA GlobCover Project, led by MEDIAS-France), the highest resolution (300m) global land cover map to date. GlobCover uses 21 primary land cover classes and many more sub-classes. Land cover classification (LCC) schemes divide the earth into biomes. Biomes are the simplest way to classify vegetation which can [...]

November 20, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Agriculture, Land Cover Maps, ecosystem model  No Comments