| Summary: | This land cover data set was produced by vectorizing raster thematic data originating from classified Landsat 5 and Landsat 7 ortho-images, for agricultural and forest areas of Canada, and for Northern Territories. The forest cover was produced by the Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EOSD) project, an initiative of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) with the collaboration of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and in partnership with the provincial and territorial governments. The agricultural coverage is produced by the National Land and Water Information Service (NLWIS) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). Northern Territories land cover was realized by the Canadian Centre of Remote Sensing (CCRS). Land cover data were classified according to a harmonized legend build from the partner's legends and are provided at 1:250,000 resolution. Tied to the GeoBase Data Alignment Layer (GDAL), the land cover product is aligned with other GeoBase data layers such as the National Road Network and the National Hydro Network. It can also be used in combination with both the GeoBase Landsat 7 and SPOT 4 and 5 orthoimagery. The data files are available for downloading in GML (Geography Markup Language) and ESRI Shapefile formats.
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