Description about "gtsc.gif"

file title : AARS Asia 30-second ground truth information source
variables : information source code
data type : gif format from one byte binary raster
columns : 20,400
rows : 12,600
geographic reference : latitude / longitude
geographic coverage : Asia
latitude of the north end : + 90 degrees (North)
latitude of the south end : - 15 degrees (South)
longitude of the east end : - 165 degrees (West)
longitude of the west end : + 25 degrees (East)
grid size : 30 second
position of the center of the first (upper left corner) pixel
: 25 deg 0 min 15 sec east longitude , 89 deg 59 min 45 sec north latitude
position of the center of the last (lower right corner) pixel
: 165 deg 0 min 15 sec west longitude , 14 deg 59 min 45 sec south latitude
maximum position error
: within 0.5 pixel (15 second) compared with the Digital Chart of
the World (DCW) for land area
minimum value : 11
maximum value : 255
existing values : 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 201, 202, 203, 255
 
Legend :
11 - 203 : information source code
255 : background value
     




Ground truth information source for each code

GT information source code = 11
country/region : Arbia area
reference map : Land Cover Map of West Asia, 1997
produced by Hussein Harahsheh and Ryutaro Tateishi
using NOAA 1-km NDVI data set from April, 1992 to March, 1993
collected land cover class code : 132, 140, 174, 184, 191, 192, 194
 
GT information source code = 12
country/region : Bangladesh
reference map : Land Use Association 1979
produced by the Resource Planning Unit, Agriculture and Rural Development
Department World Bank, Washington D.C.
scale 1: 500,000
collected land cover class code : 18, 132, 140, 160
 
GT information source code = 13
country/region : China
reference map : Land Use Map of Tibet Area
produced by Land Cover Management Department of Tibet
scale 1:2,000,000
collected land cover class code : 141, 184, 194, 200
 
GT information source code = 14
country/region : China
reference map : (1) Vegetation Map in LiaoNing Province
produced by LiaoNing University in July, 1984
scale 1:500,00
(2) Forest Distribution Map of Heirongjiang Province 1986
scale 1: 2,000,000
(3) Forest Distribution Map of Liaoning province
scale 1:1,800,000
collected land cover class code from (1)-(3) : 36, 72
 
GT information source code = 15
country/region : China
reference map : Forest Distribution Map of Niemonggu 1981
scale 1:4,000,000
collected land cover class code : 132
 
GT information source code = 16
country/region : China
reference map : Land-use map of china 1988
produced by the Editorial Committee of 1:1,000,000 Land use map of china
collected land cover class code : 16, 18, 36, 44, 72, 74, 76, 78, 94, 110, 132, 140, 141, 142,
184, 192, 193, 194, 210, 222,226
 
GT information source code = 17
country/region : Indonesia
reference map : Forest Vegetation and Land Use Map 1994
produced by the national forest inventory project, Ministry of forestry, Directorate
general of forest inventory and land use planning
scale
a) Sumatera Utara Area 1:1,000,000
b) Sumatera Area 1:2,000,000
c) Kalimantan Area 1:2,000,000
collected land cover class code : 14, 18, 140
 
GT information source code = 18
country/region : Indonesia
reference map : Land Use Map in Kalimantan 1992
produced by National forest inventory project, Dit, IPPH-INTAG
scale 1:500,000
collected land cover class code : 14
 
GT information source code = 19
country/region : Japan
reference map : Land Use in Japan Circa 1985
produced by Y.Himiyama
scale 1:4,080,000
collected land cover class code : 16, 36, 72, 76, 140, 141
 
GT information source code = 20
Country/region : Japan
reference map : Land Cover Classification Map in Gifu
produced by Tsutomu Suzuki and Ryutaro Tateishi using Landsat TM
collected land cover class code : 36, 72
 
GT information source code = 21
country/region : Malaysia
reference map : Protected Areas and Associated Land Cover Types: Malaysia 1992- 1993
produced by UNEP 1997 ( United Nations Environment Programme )
collected land cover class code : 16, 140, 141
 
GT information source code = 22
country/region : Mongolia
reference map : Land Cover Map of Mongolia
produced by National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia
scale 1:12,000,000
collected land cover class code : 72, 132, 191
 
GT information source code = 23
country/region : Pakistan
reference map : Atlas of Pakistan 1985
produced by Survey of Pakistan
scale 1:4,500,00
collected land cover class code : 16, 191
 
GT information source code = 24
country/region : Philippine
reference map : Land Use Map 1988
produced by Swedish Spare Corporation
scale 1:2,000,000
collected land cover class code : 24, 74, 76, 140, 160, 222, 224
 
GT information source code = 25
country/region : Russia
reference map : Vegetation of USSR
produced by Physical Geography of the USSR
scale 1:6,000,000
collected land cover class code : 36, 76, 90, 182, 200
 
GT information source code = 26
country/region : Thailand
reference map : Land Use Map of Thailand 1990
produced by UNEP 1997 ( United Nations Environment Programme )
collected land cover class code : 16, 140
 
GT information source code = 201
country/region : Kazakhstan
expedition members who collected ground truth data as followed :
period : from August 23, 1996 to September 2, 1996
Dr. Ekaterina I. Rachkovskaya, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Dr. Evsteefeev J. G. Jury, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mr. Jarikov Sergei, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mr. Geldyev Boris, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mr. Ogar Vladimir, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Dr. Ryutaro Tateishi, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Masayuki Matsuoka, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Cheng-Gang Wen, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Atsuo Morimura, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
collected land cover class code : 130, 132, 142, 160, 184
 
GT information source code = 202
Country/region : Kazakhstan
expedition members who collected ground truth data as followed :
period : from July 5, 1997 to July 23, 1997
Dr. Ekaterina I. Rachkovskaya, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Dr. Evsteefeev J. G. Jury, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mr. Ogar Vladimir, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Dr. Ryutaro Tateishi, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Masayuki Matsuoka, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Cheng-Gang Wen, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Lin Zhu, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Tsutomu Suzuki, Chiba University, Japan
collected land cover class code : 130, 132, 140, 142, 160, 184
 
GT information source code = 203
Country/region : Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan
expedition members who collected ground truth data as followed :
period : from April 26,1998 to May 8, 1998
Dr. Ekaterina I. Rachkovskaya, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Dr. Evsteefeev J. G. Jury, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mr. Ogar Vladimir, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mrs. Natalia P. Ogar, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mr. Sayat Temirbekov, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mr. Boris Geldyyev, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mr. Grigory Ivanovich Sevost'yanov, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Mrs. Alexander Ibragimovich, Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Kazakhstan
Nadejda Akijigitova(Dr. Prof. the chief of resercher of Laboratory of Geobotany,
Institute of Botany of Uzbek, Academy of Science, Uzbekistan
Dr. Dzhumamurad Kurbanov Botanical Institute and Central Botanical Garden of
the Turkmenistan Academy of Sciences
Dr. Ryutaro Tateishi, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Park Jong Geol, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Ketut Wikantika, Chiba University, Japan
Mr. Yu Kurosawa, Chiba University, Japan
collected land cover class code : 130, 132, 140, 184, 191