Land Cover Project Office Annual Report 2007 - GOFC-GOLD LC-IT ...
Land Cover Project Office Annual Report 2007 - GOFC-GOLD LC-IT ...
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<strong>Land</strong> <strong>Cover</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Office</strong> – <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2007</strong>Involving a global network of partnersParticipants at the 2 nd <strong>GOFC</strong>-<strong>GOLD</strong> Workshop on Tropical deforestation, organized by the <strong>LC</strong>-PO inApril <strong>2007</strong>, in St. Cruz, BoliviaLack of harmonization and validation hinders theflexibility and usability of land cover datasets; inparticular considering the large number of users andapplications including the analysis of land changes.The <strong>GOFC</strong>-<strong>GOLD</strong> PO has fostered the harmonizationand standardized development of land cover datasetsincluding the use of the UN <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Cover</strong> ClassificationSystem (<strong>LC</strong>CS), legend translations, and datasetharmonization. <strong>GOFC</strong>-<strong>GOLD</strong> has contributed to thedevelopment and dissemination of standard validationprotocols and frameworks for their operationalimplementation.For example, in <strong>2007</strong> the <strong>LC</strong>-PO has contributed to<strong>LC</strong>CS capacity building, completed a thoroughtranslation of the European CORINE land cover legend.The results have been presented and discussed duringa targeted tutorial workshop. Together with the CEOSCal-Val working group the <strong>LC</strong>-PO has released aconsensus technical document for global land covervalidation.Standards for landcover harmonizationand validation
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