EnviroAtlas -- Paterson, New Jersey -- Meter-Scale Urban Land Cover (MULC) Data (2010)

Description

The Paterson, New Jersey EnviroAtlas Meter-Scale Urban Land Cover (MULC) data comprises approximately 66 km2 around the city of Paterson. The land cover data were generated from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) four band (red, green, blue, and near infrared) aerial photography at 1 m pixel size. Imagery was collected in July 2010. Five land cover classes were mapped: water, impervious surfaces, soil and barren land, trees and forest, and grass and herbaceous non-woody vegetation. An accuracy assessment of 500 completely random and 64 stratified random reference points yielded an overall user's accuracy (MAX) of 86.9% and an overall fuzzy user's accuracy (RIGHT) of 92.5%. For more information on our accuracy assessment see the overview section. This dataset was produced by the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas) allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the contiguous United States. The dataset is available as downloadable data (https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/EnviroAtlas) or as an EnviroAtlas map service. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this dataset can be found in its associated EnviroAtlas Fact Sheet (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-fact-sheets).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 The URL providing direct access to the downloadable dataset. https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/download/PNJ_MULC_tif.zip
23 The endpoint of a web service to access the dataset (REST endpoint, WMS GetCapabilities URL, or a SOAP WSDL endpoint). https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Supplemental/Landcover_AllCommunities/ImageServer
0 URL for accessing related documents such as data dictionary, technical information about a dataset, developer documentation, etc. https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-data
0 Alternative landing page used to redirect user to a contextual, Agency-hosted "homepage" for the Dataset or API https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas

Tags

  • environment
  • impact
  • paterson
  • ecology
  • green space
  • agriculture
  • enviroatlas
  • ecosystem
  • new jersey
  • ecosystem services
  • wetlands
  • water
  • environmental atlas
  • health
  • land
  • land cover
  • biophysical
  • surface water
  • nj
  • communities

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