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Global Land Cover Network portal is online
16 March 2009, 3:45pm
16 March 2009 - The GLCN portal is up!
The Global Land Cover Network team is pleased to announce the launch of the new GLCN portal, which can be found at the URL below.
This website, together with AFRICOVER, represents a source of essential materials, insights, and expertise on land cover-related topics.
Publications, tools and data on GLCN activities are accessible to visitors by browsing the numerous dedicated sections available at the site:
- The Activities section collects global, regional and national initiatives and case studies on land cover mapping under the GLCN umbrella.
- The Land Cover Ontology section describes concepts and approach of the Land Cover Classification System, including its future direction (LCCS version 3).
- The Software section lists, describes and makes available for download the applications (GLCN tools set) developed for and functional to the implementation of land cover mapping and analysis initiatives.
- The Databases section includes references to global, regional or national data sets available for or produced by initiatives on land cover mapping and change detection. LCCS legends and other supporting materials, as well as information on the global distribution of LCCS, are provided.
- The sections Publications and Resources provide downloadable files (newsletters, series, manuals, country profiles etc.), and references (news, events, links etc.) to information and materials generated by GLCN or useful to the land cover community.
We invite to you browse the site to get acquainted with its structure and contents. Also, we recommend you to return frequently and check out the regular updates that we are continuously implementing.
Any comments are more than welcome and can be directed to glcn@fao.org.
Additional information
For a summary of the GLCN activities and outputs, visit the newsletters archive and see the latest (March-April 2009) edition which has been just uploaded.
For more information visit:
Global Land Cover Network portal
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