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 |
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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 | ||