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Thirty Years of the U.S. National Land Cover Database: Impacts and Future Direction

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The National Land Cover Database reveals significant land-cover changes in the U.S., indicating its essential role in land management and policy.

The NLCD provides crucial land-cover data, helping to inform biodiversity conservation and urban planning efforts.
Innovations like deep learning and impervious surface mapping enhance its capability for accurate land-change monitoring.
Adoption spans across various sectors, including federal, state, and local agencies, showcasing its wide-reaching impact.
Moving forward, the NLCD aims to complement higher-resolution datasets while maintaining its critical role in long-term land-cover assessment.

Sohl et al. (2025) studied this question.

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The National Land Cover Database reveals significant land-cover changes in the U.S., indicating its essential role in land management and policy.