Page Summary
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The Iran Land Cover Map v1 dataset provides a 13-class land cover map of Iran for the year 2017, generated using Sentinel imagery processed within Google Earth Engine.
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This dataset, developed by K.N. Toosi University of Technology LiDAR Lab, utilized over 2,500 Sentinel-1 and 11,000 Sentinel-2 images.
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The classification was performed using an object-based Random Forest method trained with a large number of reference samples.
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The dataset includes a single band, 'classification', with a 10-meter pixel size, and a class table defining the 13 land cover types.
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The dataset is available from 2017-01-01 to 2018-01-01 and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
- Dataset Availability
- 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z–2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- K. N. Toosi University of Technology LiDAR Lab
- Tags
Description
The Iran-wide land cover map was generated by processing Sentinel imagery within the Google Earth Engine Cloud platform. For this purpose, over 2,500 Sentinel-1 and over 11,000 Sentinel-2 images were processed to produce a single mosaic dataset for the year 2017. Then, an object-based Random Forest classification method was trained by a large number of reference samples for 13 classes to generate the Iran-wide land cover map.
Bands
Bands
| Name | Pixel Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
classification
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10 meters | Classification |
classification Class Table
| Value | Color | Description |
|---|---|---|
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1
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#000000 | Urban |
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2
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#006eff | Water |
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3
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#41a661 | Wetland |
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4
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#ff7f7f | Kalut (yardang) |
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5
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#bee8ff | Marshland |
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6
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#ff00c5 | Salty Land |
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7
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#ff0000 | Clay |
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8
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#00734c | Forest |
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9
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#732600 | Outcrop |
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10
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#ffaa00 | Uncovered Plain |
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11
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#d3ffbe | Sand |
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12
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#446589 | Farm Land |
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13
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#cccccc | Range Land |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
This work "Iran Land Cover Map v1 13-class (2017)" by Arsalan Ghorbanian, Mohammad Kakooei, Meisam Amani, Sahel Mahdavi, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Mahdi Hasanlou is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
Citations
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Ghorbanian, A., Kakooei, M., Amani, M., Mahdavi, S., Mohammadzadeh, A., & Hasanlou, M. (2020). Improved land cover map of Iran using Sentinel imagery within Google Earth Engine and a novel automatic workflow for land cover classification using migrated training samples. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 167, 276-288. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.07.013
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Code Editor (JavaScript)
var dataset = ee . Image ( 'KNTU/LiDARLab/IranLandCover/V1' ); var visualization = { bands : [ 'classification' ] }; Map . setCenter ( 54.0 , 33.0 , 5 ); Map . addLayer ( dataset , visualization , 'Classification' );
