EcoChange Task 01.02.02: Map production and aggregation

As a result of Task01.02.02 “Map production and aggregation”, 24 European land cover products were generated. Firstly, European land cover maps were compiled for the reference years 1960, 1990 and 2000. Secondly, aggregated products were derived at different spatial and thematic resolutions in order to synthesize the fragmentation and variability within coarser cells for biodiversity assessment and modelling. The official deliverable is D01.02.01 “Land cover maps for environmental modelling at multiple scales” includes the description of all digital land cover products. The interactive website enables you to view the all land cover data sets at all thematic and spatial scales. The data sets have been used already in several tasks. First of all, in task 01.02.03 to perform fragmenation analysis at differenent spatial resolutions and years. Secondly, to desaggregate the land cover information into habitat distribution maps (geo-spatial modelling), also part of Task 01.02.03. And as an input for the land use scenarios.

The link address is: http://www.synbiosys.alterra.nl/ecochange/plcm.aspx