LULC 2010 view

ISO 19115-3 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata identifier:

Identifier code: 7e23a314f3824550a42f084ced8162b9

Default locale:

Language code: eng
Country code: BT
Character encoding: utf8

Metadata contact:

Role: resourceProvider

Responsible party:

Organization:

Name: National Soil Service Centre

Indvidual:

Individual:

Name: Tsheten Dorji
Position name: Principal Agriculturer Officer

Metadata date information:

Date type: revision
Date: 2026-06-05T00:00:00

Metadata standard:

Title: ISO 19115-3 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals
Edition: 2014

Metadata scope:

Resource scope: dataset
Scope name: dataset

Metadata maintenance:

Update frequency: asNeeded

Maintenance contact:

Role: resourceProvider

Responsible party:

Organization:

Name: National Soil Service Centre

Indvidual:

Individual:

Name: Tsheten Dorji
Position name: Principal Agriculturer Officer

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:

Title: LULC 2010 view

Citation date:

Date type: publication
Date: 2011-01-01T00:00:00

Citation date:

Date type: creation
Date: 2010-12-01T00:00:00

Cited responsible party:

Role: pointOfContact

Responsible party:

Organization:

Name: National Soil Services Centre

Indvidual:

Individual:

Name: Tashi Wangdi
Position name: Program Director

Presentation format: mapDigital

Online resource:

Online location: https://nsdi.systems.gov.bt/server/rest/services/Hosted/LULC_2010_view/FeatureServer

Abstract: This dataset is the Land Cover Map of Bhutan (2010). It represents the occurrence and distribution of different types of Land Use and Land Cover in Bhutan. The LULC classes listed here shows Forest cover of 70.46% (Excluding shrubs) with Broadleaf (62.43%), Mixed Coniferous (22.69%), Fir (6.77%), Blue Pine (2.96%), Chir Pine (3.98%) and 1.16% of Broadleaf with conifer. Likewise, Shrubs cover 10.81%, agriculture land and meadows cover 2.93% and 4.10% respectively. The snow cover constitutes 7.44%, bare areas with 3.20%. Marshy areas, non-built areas, built up areas, water bodies and degraded areas with less than 1% each.The average overall map accuracy at the national level is 97.91% with 95.67% minimum and 100.15% maximum at 95% Confidence Level.

Purpose: This dataset is the Land Cover Map of Bhutan (2010). It represents the occurrence and distribution of different types of Land Use and Land Cover in Bhutan. The LULC classes listed here shows Forest cover of 70.46% (Excluding shrubs) with Broadleaf (62.43%), Mixed Coniferous (22.69%), Fir (6.77%), Blue Pine (2.96%), Chir Pine (3.98%) and 1.16% of Broadleaf with conifer. Likewise, Shrubs cover 10.81%, agriculture land and meadows cover 2.93% and 4.10% respectively. The snow cover constitutes 7.44%, bare areas with 3.20%. Marshy areas, non-built areas, built up areas, water bodies and degraded areas with less than 1% each. The average overall map accuracy at the national level is 97.91% with 95.67% minimum and 100.15% maximum at 95% Confidence Level.

Credits: This dataset was produced with funding support from the GEF/WB Sustainable Land Management Project (SLMP).

Status: completed

Point of contact:

Role: pointOfContact

Responsible party:

Organization:

Name: National Soil Services Centre

Indvidual:

Individual:

Name: Tashi Wangdi
Position name: Program Director

Point of contact:

Role: resourceProvider

Responsible party:

Organization:

Name: National Soil Service Centre

Indvidual:

Individual:

Name: Tsheten Dorji
Position name: Principal Agriculturer Officer

Spatial representation type: vector

Spatial resolution:

Distance:

Distance: 10

Units of measure: m

Themes or categories of the resource: farming, geoscientificInformation

Resource extent:

Extent description: publication date

Temporal element:

Temporal extent:

Extent:

Date/Time: 2010-01-01

Resource extent:

Geographic element:

Bounding rectangle:

Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: 88.733433
East longitude: 92.14685
North latitude: 28.24783
South latitude: 26.684936

Resource maintenance:

Update frequency: asNeeded

Descriptive keywords:

Keywords: Downloadable Data

Thesaurus:

Citation reference: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66

Descriptive keywords:

Keywords: Planning, common

Descriptive keywords:

Keywords: Planning, common

Resource constraints:

General Constraints:

Limitations of use: Do not alter or reproduce the map and its related information without the prior consent of National Soil Services Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock of the Royal Government of Bhutan.

Default locale:

Language code: eng
Country code: US
Character encoding: utf8

Environment description: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.0.4322

Spatial Representation Information

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly

Geometric objects:

Object type: composite
Object count: 690239

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:

Identifier code: 5266
Codespace: EPSG
Version: PCS BHUTAN DRUKREF 03

Resource Lineage

Lineage statement: Materials Used: The land cover assessment was based on ALOS images (AVNIR-2) from the 2006-2009 winter season with 10 meter resolution. The LUPP (1995) land cover maps, topography maps (DSLR), Landsat (2004-05) and Google Earth were referred in the current land cover assessment (LCMP 2010). Image Processing Digital image processing was done with the ERDAS IMAGINE software. The images were first projected to DRUKREF-03 (Bhutan’s standard coordinate system, DSLR) to match the images with the existing topographic features such as contour and drainage lines. Image Classification The unsupervised classification was used to classify the images with the minimum of 30 classes with 10 iterations. Zonal Statistics function was used to summarize the values of a raster within the zones of another dataset. K means algorithm in R-Statistics was applied for grouping of homogenous segments. The initial assignment of land cover types was done by referring LUPP (1995) land cover maps and the Google Earth prior to field verification. The minimum mapping unit was set at 500m2. Field Verification & Map Accuracy Assessment Intensive field verification was done in almost all the gewogs for improving and validating the draft land cover maps. In order to ensure a reasonable level of precision, system accuracy assessments were carried out by comparing randomly selected referenced pixels. Random points were generated by the system with the minimum of 50 random points per class if the number of class is less than or equal to 12 and minimum of 75 to 100 random points per class if the total number of class is more than 12 at every geog level. The overall acceptance level of map accuracy was set at 85%.

Lineage scope:

Scope level: dataset

Distribution Information

LULC 2010 view

ISO 19115-3 Metadata

Metadata Information

Data Identification Information

Spatial Representation Information

Vector Data

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Resource Lineage

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