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EnviroAtlas -- New York, NY -- Meter-Scale Urban Land Cover (MULC) Data (2008)

Metadata Updated: August 30, 2023

The New York, NY EnviroAtlas Meter-scale Urban Land Cover (MULC) Data were generated by the University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL) under the direction of Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne as part of the United States Forest Service Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) assessment program. Seven classes were mapped using LiDAR and high resolution orthophotography: Tree Canopy, Grass/Shrub, Bare Soil, Water, Buildings, Roads/Railroads, and Other Paved Surfaces. These data were subsequently merged to fit with the EPA classification. The SAL project covered the five boroughs within the NYC city limits. However the EPA study area encompassed that area plus a 1 kilometer buffer. Additional land cover for the buffer area was 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 spatial resolution from July, 2011 and LiDAR from 2010. Six land cover classes were mapped: water, impervious surfaces, soil and barren land, trees, grass-herbaceous non-woody vegetation, and agriculture. An accuracy assessment of 600 completely random and 55 stratified random photo interpreted reference points yielded an overall User's fuzzy accuracy of 87 percent. The area mapped is the US Census Bureau's 2010 Urban Statistical Area for New York City plus a 1 km buffer. This dataset was produced by the University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Laboratory, the United States Forest Service Urban Tree Canopy assessment program, and 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).

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License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date September 5, 2017
Metadata Created Date August 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2023
Reference Date(s) February 19, 2016 (publication)
Frequency Of Update asNeeded

Metadata Source

Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date September 5, 2017
Metadata Created Date August 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2023
Reference Date(s) February 19, 2016 (publication)
Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development-Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program, EnviroAtlas (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
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Licence https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
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