Landsat Level-1 Land Cover Classification of Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, 2000

This page last updated: 04/10/2007
Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines


Metadata Summary

Originator Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory, University of Minnesota
Abstract Raster-based land cover data set derived from 30-meter resolution Thematic Mapper satellite imagery. Classifications are divided into three levels. This is the level-1 map. The coverage consists of 5 classes including: urban/developed, agriculture (planted or cultivated), forest, non-forested vegetation, water.
Browse Graphic none available
Time Period of Content Date 2000
Currentness Reference A multitemporal composite of three dates of Landsat imagery from the spring and summer of 2000, April 29, June 8 and September 12, were classified
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints By acceptance of this data, the user agrees to include a copy of this metadata record, including the liability disclaimer, whenever the uses transmits or provides the data (or any portion of it) to another user.
Distributor Organization Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC)
Ordering Instructions This data set is distributed from the LMIC ftp site by clicking on 'Online Linkage.' Doing so will tell your browser to start downloading the zipfile lc2000_1.zip, which contains the following files:

TCMA_Landcover_Level-1_2000.tif - - Land Cover GeoTIFF file
LC2000_1.htm - - Metadata for this dataset
Disclaimer.txt - - U of M disclaimer for dataset

Saved to the desired location, and unzip.
Online Linkage Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" in Section 6 of this metadata.

Full Metadata

Landsat Level-1 Land Cover Classification of Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, 2000

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1. Identification Information
2. Data Quality Information
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
7. Metadata Reference Information

 
Section 1 Identification Information   Top of page
Originator Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory, University of Minnesota
Title Landsat Level-1 Land Cover Classification of Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, 2000
Abstract Raster-based land cover data set derived from 30-meter resolution Thematic Mapper satellite imagery. Classifications are divided into three levels. This is the level-1 map. The coverage consists of 5 classes including: urban/developed, agriculture (planted or cultivated), forest, non-forested vegetation, water.
Purpose Land use analysis, natural resource monitoring
Time Period of Content Date 2000
Currentness Reference A multitemporal composite of three dates of Landsat imagery from the spring and summer of 2000, April 29, June 8 and September 12, were classified
Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Spatial Extent of Data Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA) of Minnesota, including Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties.
Bounding Coordinates -94.012
-92.732
45.415
44.471
Place Keywords Twin Cities Metropolitian Area
Theme Keywords imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Landsat, image classification, land cover
Theme Keyword Thesaurus ISO 19115 Topic Category
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints By acceptance of this data, the user agrees to include a copy of this metadata record, including the liability disclaimer, whenever the uses transmits or provides the data (or any portion of it) to another user.
Contact Person Information Marvin Bauer, Professor
Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Lab, University of Minnesota
1530 Cleveland Avenue North
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Phone: (612) 624-3703
FAX: (612) 625-5212
E-mail: mbauer@umn.edu
Browse Graphic none available
Browse Graphic File Description
Associated Data Sets Landsat Level-2 Land Cover Classification of Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, 2000 - see http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/metadata/lc_00_2.html

Impervious Surface Classification for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, 2000 - see http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/metadata/imp_2000.html

 
Section 2 Data Quality Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Attribute Accuracy The data set has an overall classification accuracy of 95% for level-1 classification.
Logical Consistency Erdas/Imagine .img file or GeoTiff .tif file
Completeness Data provides complete coverage over the stated extent of the data
Horizontal Positional Accuracy RMS error is less than 1/4 - pixel or 7.5 meters
Lineage Production notes for TCMA_LandCover_Level-1_2000.TIF:

Landsat Thematic Mapper multi-temporal imagery was classified with ERDAS/Imagine software. For the level-1 classification, an unsupervised classification was performed to subdivide the data into 100 clusters. The 100 clusters were then grouped into the 5 classes of level-1 land cover by recoding and rule-based spatial analysis. Single, isolated pixels that produced a salt-and-pepper effect on the classified imagery were removed in a post-processing step.
Source Scale Denominator
 
Section 3 Spatial Data Organization Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Native Data Set Environment ERDAS Imagine 8.5
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data
Spatial Object Type Raster
Vendor Specific Object Types
Tiling Scheme
 
Section 4 Spatial Reference Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme UTM
Ellipsoid GRS80
Horizontal Datum NAD83
Horizontal Units Meters
Distance Resolution 30
Altitude Datum Not applicable
Depth Datum Not applicable
UTM Zone Number 15
 
Section 5 Entity and Attribute Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Entity and Attribute Overview
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation Bauer, Marvin, Fei Yuan, Geoffrey Holden and Nathan Heinert. 2002. Land Cover Classification of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area by Landsat Remote Sensing, 2000. Technical Report, Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Minnesota. 33 pages.
 
Section 6 Distribution Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Publisher Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Lab, University of Minnesota
Publication Date 05/2003
Contact Person Information Susanne Maeder
GIS Data Coordinator
Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC)
300 Centennial Building; 658 Cedar Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
Phone: (651) 201-2488
FAX: (651) 296-3698
E-mail: gisinfo.mngeo@state.mn.us
Distributor's Data Set Identifier lc2000_1
Distribution Liability The data are provided as is and without any warranty to their performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. The data were developed by the University of Minnesota for its own research purposes. The University does not represent or warrant that the data or documentation are error-free, complete, current or accurate. You are responsible for any consequences resulting from use of the data or your reliance on it. You should consult the data documentation for this particular data to determine its limitations and the precision to which the GIS data may depict distance, direction, location or geographic features. If you transmit or provide the GIS data (or any portion of it) to another user, it must include a copy of this disclaimer.
Transfer Format Name GeoTiff
Transfer Format Version Number
Transfer Size 11.8 MB (unzipped)
Ordering Instructions This data set is distributed from the LMIC ftp site by clicking on 'Online Linkage.' Doing so will tell your browser to start downloading the zipfile lc2000_1.zip, which contains the following files:

TCMA_Landcover_Level-1_2000.tif - - Land Cover GeoTIFF file
LC2000_1.htm - - Metadata for this dataset
Disclaimer.txt - - U of M disclaimer for dataset

Saved to the desired location, and unzip.
Online Linkage Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above.
 
Section 7 Metadata Reference Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Metadata Date 04/10/2007
Contact Person Information Marvin Bauer, Professor
Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Lab, Univerity of Minnesota
1530 Cleveland Avenue North
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Phone: (612) 624-3703
FAX: (612) 625-5212
E-mail: mbauer@umn.edu
Metadata Standard Name Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version 1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm


This page last updated: 04/10/2007