Land Use Land Cover 2016

ISO 19115-3 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata identifier:
Identifier code: CBDA68D7-4847-4813-92FC-F29B0849DBDB
Default locale:
Language code: eng
Character encoding: utf8
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: Department of Forests and Park Services
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Dawa Zangpo
Position name: Principal Forestry Officer
Metadata date information:
Date type: revision
Date: 2024-11-07T00:00:00
Metadata standard:
Title: ISO 19115-3 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals
Edition: 2014
Metadata scope:
Resource scope: dataset
Metadata maintenance:
Update frequency: unknown

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: Land Use Land Cover 2016
Citation date:
Date type: publication
Date: 2024-11-07T00:00:00
Citation date:
Date type: creation
Date: 2024-11-07T00:00:00
Citation date:
Date type: revision
Date: 2024-11-07T00:00:00
Abstract: The LULC (2016) land cover assessment shows a national forest cover of 70.77% (excluding shrubs), of which 45.94% is Broadleaf, 13.53% is Mixed Conifer, 6.02% is Fir, 2.64% is Chir pine and 2.64% is Blue pine. The Alpine Scrub is 3.39%, Shrubs constitute 9.74%, while cultivated agricultural land and meadows account for 2.75% and 2.51% respectively. The snow cover constitutes 5.35% and rocky outcrops 4.15% while water bodies, built up areas, non-built up areas, landslides and moraines constitute less than 1% each
Credits: DoFPS
Status: completed
Point of contact:
Role: publisher
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: Department of Forests and Park Services
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Dawa Zangpo
Position name: Principal Forestry Officer
Spatial representation type: vector
Themes or categories of the resource: boundaries
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: 88.64809798465755
East longitude: 92.23218500725439
North latitude: 28.824989860915505
South latitude: 26.10777537136543
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: unknown
Resource constraints:
General Constraints:
Limitations of use: common
Default locale:
Language code: eng
Character encoding: utf8

Spatial Representation Information

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type: surface
Object count: 213694

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Identifier code: EPSG 5266

Resource Lineage

Lineage scope:
Scope level: dataset
Source:
Source description: Landsat 8
Process step:
Process description: The assessment was based on Landsat 8 (OLI). Three winter scenes of 2015 with minimal cloud cover were used for analysis using object based classification in eCognition version 9.1. Extensive validation was carried out using National Forest Inventory(NFI) data, Google Earth and field visit. The overall accuracy of the map was 98.19 %.

Distribution Information

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Format specification citation:
Title: Shapefile
Edition: na