This dataset provides a current, consistent, and seamless map of urban, built‐up and settled areas using multiple classifications of MODIS time series data. The maps are currently provided for each of the 17 countries in the East and South East Asian region, as well as for the region as a whole at 250 m, 500 m, and 1 km spatial resolution. For more details, refer to the read me files in the downloaded data.
Spatial Coverage: East and Southeast Asia
Temporal Coverage: Urban extent:c2000, c2010
Resolution: 250m, 500m and 1km
Projection: Albers equal‐area conic for North Asia central meridian: 95° standard parallel 1: 15° standard parallel 2: 65° latitude of origin: 30° datum: WGS84
Data Type: 8-bit unsigned integer
Data Format: GeoTIFF (country level), BSQ (region level)
Mertes, C.M., Schneider, A., Sulla-Menashe, D., Tatem, A.J., and Tan, B. (2015). Detecting change in urban areas at continental scales with MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 10, p. 331-347. Schneider, A., et al. (2015). A new urban landscape in East-Southeast Asia, 2000-2010. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 10, 034002. Available at: http://landcoverchange.com/gallery_post/publications
Priniciple Investigator: Annemarie Schneider
Project Information
| PROJECT NAME | Principal Investigator | INSTITUTION |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring and Modeling Urbanization in China: A Mixed Methods and Multi-Scale Approach | Annemarie Schneider | University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute |