| Title
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Land Use Systems of the World - East Asia and Pacific (Beta version) |
| Date
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2008-04-09 |
| Date type
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Creation: Date identifies when the resource was brought into existence
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| Edition
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Beta version |
| Presentation form
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Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
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| Abstract
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Beta version of a thematic grid of Land Use Systems (LUS) and its attributes for East Asia and Pacific with a spatial resolution
of 5 arc minutes or 0.083333 decimal degrees. This dataset, presented as beta version, is developed in the framework of
the LADA project (Land degradation Assessment in Drylands) by the Land Tenure and Management Unit of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations and is copyright of FAO/UNEP GEF. The LUS map implementation is based on a innovative
methodology combining more than 10 global datasets.
Due to the map generation method, the quality of the map can never be uniform. The overall quality of the map depends heavily
on the individual quality of the data for the different countries.
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| Purpose
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The map and its database are furnished as beta version to allow users to test its functionalities. The general purpose
of the map is to describe the Land Use Systems of the world.
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| Status
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On going: Data is continually being updated
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| Maintenance and update frequency
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As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
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| Descriptive keywords
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land use systems (theme). |
| Descriptive keywords
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East Asia and Pacific (place). |
| Access constraints
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Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a
literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or
label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist,
distributor
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| Spatial representation type
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Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data
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| Language
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English |
| Character set
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UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
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| Topic category code
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Environment |
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| Supplemental Information
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The map shows the Land Use systems units on a raster with a resolution of 5 minutes, while its attributes table includes:
land use systems, ecosystems, crops, crop groups, irrigated areas, thermal climate, LGP, soils, slope, population density
and infant mortality rate.
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