Concept information
Preferred term
CORINE
Definition
- The aim of the European Union's Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) project is to provide up to date information on land cover at scale 1:100.000 for the whole Europe. The database includes 44 categories in accordance with a standard European nomenclature, organised into five large groups: artificial surfaces, agricultural areas, forest and semi-natural areas, wetlands, water bodies. Classification was done by visual interpretation using Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite image maps with the help of topographic maps as main ancillary material and field work. Following digitization the land cover information is stored in topological structure as ARC/INFO database. The project started in 1993 in Hungary together with the neighbouring Central and East European countries and finished for Hungary in 1996. The final product has been integrated into the European database and is available for users. Printed maps covering the whole country were produced at scales 1:500.000 and 1:200.000. An experimental project to derive similar land cover at scale 1:50.000 was also carried out for selected areas. An experimental CORINE Land Cover?Level 4 nomenclature was formulated for Central Europe by experts of the participating countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakian) including 87 categories. Mapping was based on digitally merged Landsat TM and SPOT PAN satellite imagery. Two larger blocks have been mapped (Bükk-Nyírség and Kiskunság) covering about 15% of the country. Additional information available at "http://fish.fomi.hu/angolfish/adathaz/termekek/CORINE/corine.htm" [Summary provided by Budapest Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing] (en)
Broader concept
- A - C (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3ced2adf-ad4a-45ab-a043-4b02ccae0463
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