Uganda Spatially Aggregated Multipurpose Landcover Database

Description:

Uganda spatially aggregated multipurpose landcover database from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:100,000. This dataset is a spatially reaggregated version of the original national Africover landcover multipurpose database. The land cover has been produced from visual interpretation of digitally enhanced LANDSAT TM images (Bands 4,3,2) acquired mainly in the year 2000, 2001. The land cover classes have been developed using the FAO/UNEP international standard LCCS classification system.

Creator:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Di Gregorio, Antonio, Uganda. Dept. of Surveys and Mapping, and Okia, Yafesi

Publisher:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Land use, Vegetation mapping, Agriculture, Earth Surface, Grasslands, Forests and forestry, and imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Temporal Coverage:

2003

Date Issued:

2003-04-04

Spatial Coverage:

Uganda

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile