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global land cover

Simplify your processing with the WorldCover annual composites
  • Sentinel-2,
  • land cover,
  • global land cover,
  • Sentinel-1,
  • worldcover

Simplify your processing with the WorldCover annual composites

By Daniele Zanaga 21.06.2023

During the development of ESA WorldCover 2020 and 2021, the first global land cover maps at 10 meters resolution based on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2, we..

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WorldCover taking it to the next level
  • Biodiversity,
  • Sentinel,
  • land cover,
  • global land cover,
  • worldcover

WorldCover taking it to the next level

By Ruben Van De Kerchove 28.10.2022
One year after the release of the WorldCover 2020 map, i.e. the first global land cover product at 10 m resolution based on both Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2..
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Release of the 10 m WorldCover map
  • Land use,
  • Biodiversity,
  • Sentinel,
  • global land cover,
  • worldcover

Release of the 10 m WorldCover map

By Ruben Van De Kerchove 20.10.2021
In 2019 we kicked-off ESA’s WorldCover project. An ambitious project set up to develop a new global land cover map at 10 m resolution to provide valuable..
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Towards a global land cover map at 10 m resolution
  • Land use,
  • Agriculture,
  • Biodiversity,
  • Sentinel,
  • global land cover,
  • worldcover

Towards a global land cover map at 10 m resolution

By Ruben Van De Kerchove 22.04.2021
The goal of ESA’s WorldCover project was clear! Develop a new global land cover map at 10 m resolution in less than 2 years to provide valuable..
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Large scale mapping for biodiversity monitoring
  • Biodiversity,
  • Sentinel-2,
  • global land cover,
  • vegetation,
  • GlobDiversity

Large scale mapping for biodiversity monitoring

By Ruben Van De Kerchove 09.02.2021

Last year, the European Space Agency finalized the GlobDiversity project, the first large-scale effort set up to develop and engineer remote sensing-based..

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A first look at historical land cover changes over the Sahel
  • Land use,
  • Copernicus,
  • global land cover,
  • UTURN

A first look at historical land cover changes over the Sahel

By Niels Souverijns 17.06.2020
For those who already know us or follow us for quite some time it is no big surprise, we have a big interest and expertise in global land cover monitoring..
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End of PROBA-V’s operational lifetime! What’s next?
  • PROBA-V,
  • global land cover,
  • vegetation,
  • Sentinel-3

End of PROBA-V’s operational lifetime! What’s next?

By Dennis Clarijs 09.04.2020

Unfortunately, all good stories come to an end, even so for PROBA-V.  What started as a “gap-filler” mission between SPOT-VEGETATION and the Sentinel-3..

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Copernicus global land cover maps now available in Google Earth Engine
  • land cover,
  • global land cover,
  • land cover viewer,
  • Google Earth Engine

Copernicus global land cover maps now available in Google Earth Engine

By Marcel Buchhorn 04.02.2020

Since its release, the Copernicus Global Land Cover maps have raised interest for applications in different fields. But downloading these products to your..

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