dllLandcover: Download MapBiomas land cover data

In RETURN-project/makeDataCube: Prepare raster datasets for upscaling recovery indicators

Description

This function downloads GeoTIFF files of yearly land cover and land use maps that are derived from Landsat mosaics (project MapBiomas). Each band of the geoTIFF file refers to a particular year. The data have a spatial resolution of 30m and its time span ranges between 1985 and 2019. Each pixel of the raster band contains a value that refers to a land cover type. A description of each land cover class can be found in https://mapbiomas.org/en/codigos-de-legenda?cama_set_language=en. Downloaded from: https://storage.googleapis.com/mapbiomas-public/COLECAO/5/DOWNLOADS/COLECOES/ANUAL/ The data can also be visualised here: https://plataforma.mapbiomas.org/map#coverage To be cited as: "Project MapBiomas - Collection [version] of Brazilian Land Cover & Use Map Series, accessed on [date] through the link: [LINK]" "MapBiomas Project - is a multi-institutional initiative to generate annual land cover and use maps using automatic classification processes applied to satellite images. The complete description of the project can be found at http://mapbiomas.org".

Usage

dllLandcover(ofolder, logfile)

Arguments

ofolder	Full path to store the dataset
logfile	logfile

Value

stores file to disk

RETURN-project/makeDataCube documentation built on Feb. 11, 2022, 3:04 p.m.