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LCMAP Class Legend and Description

By Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection

LCMAP land cover products provide information about land cover classification, including land cover classification information for a given area before and after change is detected by Continuous Change Detection and Classification. The five land cover products are built on broad Anderson Land Cover Classification System Level 1 based classes.

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LCMAP Level 1 Land Cover Classes

Chart demonstrating the land cover classes used by LCMAP.
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Level 1 LCMAP land cover classifications as outlined in LCMAP products: Developed, Cropland, Grass/Shrub, Tree Cover, Water, Wetland, Ice/Snow, and Barren.