Hybrid OSM/CLCplus land cover tiles for EU countries for 2022

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F25%3A00385002" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/25:00385002 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://zenodo.org/records/15639393" target="_blank" >https://zenodo.org/records/15639393</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Hybrid OSM/CLCplus land cover tiles for EU countries for 2022

Original language description

OpenStreetMap (OSM) effectively captures landscape boundaries, making it valuable for land cover and land use (LCLU) mapping. However, its crowd-sourced nature introduces inconsistencies, misclassifications, and overlapping features. A global assessment revealed that only 17 countries, primarily in Europe, exceed 60% data completeness, with urban areas generally better represented than rural or natural regions. The resulting dataset in our study represents historical OSM data from 2022 across the European Union, translating OSM elements into a standardized nomenclature of 22 LCLU classes. The methodology involves a multi-step process, including the buffering of line features, sequential rasterization at 2 m resolution, and prioritization of LULC classes to preserve small land features. The dataset integrates OSM with the pan-European CLCplus Backbone (Sentinel-2 data, https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/clc-backbone) in areas lacking OSM coverage. The resulting 30 km x 30 km raster tiles contain a total of 19 land use and land cover classes and are available for all European Union countries for the reference year 2022. A web service is also available, providing merged tiles into a single pan-European layer. The Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF can be accessed using the following address: https://geoforall.fsv.cvut.cz/st_lucas/data/osm_clcplus_2022.tif

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

N_map - Specialized map with scientific content

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Internal product ID

OSM/CLCplus

Regulation ID

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Technical parameters

Zenodo

Economical parameters

Open Access

Certification body designation

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Date of certification

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Method of use

C - Výsledek je využíván bez omezení okruhu uživatelů