Homer, C., C. Huang, L. Yang, B. Wylie and M. Coan, 2004. Development of a 2001 national land cover database for the United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.
The USGS acknowledges the support of Sanborn Solutions in development of data in this zone.
The NLCD 2001 was created by partitioning the U.S. into mapping zones. A total of 66 mapping zones were delineated within the conterminous U.S. based on ecoregion and geographical characteristics, edge matching features and the size requirement of Landsat mosaics. Mapping zone 49 encompasses whole or portions of several states including Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Questions about the NLCD mapping zone 49 can be directed to the NLCD 2001 land cover mapping team at the National Center, EROS, Sioux Falls, SD (605) 594-6151 or mrlc@usgs.gov.
By combining the training data with Landsat spectral data and other ancillary data, percent imperviousness prediction models were developed using a regression tree algorithm (named "Cubist"). All data layers used as input for running the Cubist in order to establish the prediction model for imperviousness are listed in the "Supplemental Information" section. Three ancillary data sets were used for urban/suburban delineation masking, which is essential to confine the imperviousness mapping within the developed areas.
After the best combination of possible input data layers had been determined and the final percent impervious layer produced, the urban mask created was used to eliminate those pixels from the final percent impervious file that fall outside identified impervious surface areas. Thus, the impervious pixels identified within the mask were retained, while all non-impervious surface pixels were removed from the final product. This corrected for any small areas of pixels that may have been included as part of the impervious surface layer because their spectral signature was not covered in the Cubist modeling process. Finally, visual inspection of imperviousness layer was made with limited manual editing to eliminate non-urban areas based on area of interest delineated by the mapping team.
Acquisition dates of Landsat ETM+ (TM) scenes used for land cover classification in zone 49 are as follows:
SPRING-
Index 7 for Path 22/Row 31 on 03/25/00 = Scene_ID 7022031000008550
Index 8 for Path 22/Row 32 on 04/29/01 = Scene_ID 7022032000111950
Index 8 for Path 22/Row 33 on 04/29/01 = Scene_ID 7022033000111950
Index 9 for Path 22/Row 34 on 04/13/01 = Scene_ID 7022034000110350
Index 4 for Path 23/Row 30 on 04/25/00 = Scene_ID 5023030000011610
Index 5 for Path 23/Row 31 on 05/03/00 = Scene_ID 7023031000012450
Index 4 for Path 23/Row 32 on 04/25/00 = Scene_ID 5023032000011610
Index 4 for Path 23/Row 33 on 04/25/00 = Scene_ID 5023033000011610
Index 6 for Path 23/Row 34 on 04/26/03 = Scene_ID 7023034000311650
Index 1 for Path 24/Row 30 on 04/24/00 = Scene_ID 7024030000011550
Index 2 for Path 24/Row 31 on 04/27/04 = Scene_ID 5024031000411810
Index 3 for Path 24/Row 32 on 04/30/99 = Scene_ID 5024032009912010
Index 3 for Path 24/Row 33 on 04/30/99 = Scene_ID 5024033009912010
Index10 for Path 25/Row 32 on 02/27/00 = Scene_ID 7025032000005850
LEAF ON (Summer)-
Index 6 for Path 22/Row 31 on 07/02/01 = Scene_ID 7022031000118350
Index 5 for Path 22/Row 32 on 07/16/03 = Scene_ID 5022032000319710
Index 4 for Path 22/Row 33 on 08/01/03 = Scene_ID 5022033000321310
Index 7 for Path 22/Row 34 on 06/16/01 = Scene_ID 7022034000116750
Index 8 for Path 23/Row 30 on 07/09/01 = Scene_ID 7023030000119050
Index 9 for Path 23/Row 31 on 08/24/03 = Scene_ID 5023031000323610
Index 9 for Path 23/Row 32 on 08/24/03 = Scene_ID 5023032000323610
Index 9 for Path 23/Row 33 on 08/24/03 = Scene_ID 5023033000323610
Index10 for Path 23/Row 34 on 07/04/02 = Scene_ID 5023034000218510
Index 3 for Path 24/Row 30 on 06/19/00 = Scene_ID 5024030000017110
Index 1 for Path 24/Row 31 on 07/14/03 = Scene_ID 5024031000319510
Index 1 for Path 24/Row 32 on 07/14/03 = Scene_ID 5024032000319510
Index 2 for Path 24/Row 33 on 07/27/02 = Scene_ID 5024033000220810
Index11 for Path 25/Row 32 on 07/31/01 = Scene_ID 5025032000121210
Index12 for Path 22/Row 32 on 06/16/01 = Scene_ID 7022032000116750
Index12 for Path 22/Row 33 on 06/16/01 = Scene_ID 7022033000116750
LEAF-OFF (Fall)-
Index 1 for Path 22/Row 31 on 10/19/00 = Scene_ID 7022031000029350
Index 2 for Path 22/Row 32 on 11/07/01 = Scene_ID 7022032000131150
Index 2 for Path 22/Row 33 on 11/07/01 = Scene_ID 7022033000131150
Index 2 for Path 22/Row 34 on 11/07/01 = Scene_ID 7022034000131150
Index 6 for Path 23/Row 30 on 10/24/99 = Scene_ID 7023030009929750
Index 6 for Path 23/Row 31 on 10/24/99 = Scene_ID 7023031009929750
Index 6 for Path 23/Row 32 on 10/24/99 = Scene_ID 7023032009929750
Index 7 for Path 23/Row 33 on 10/10/00 = Scene_ID 7023033000028450
Index 8 for Path 23/Row 34 on 10/16/02 = Scene_ID 7023034000228950
Index 3 for Path 24/Row 30 on 11/16/99 = Scene_ID 7024030009932050
Index 4 for Path 24/Row 31 on 11/05/01 = Scene_ID 7024031000130950
Index 5 for Path 24/Row 32 on 10/20/01 = Scene_ID 7024032000129350
Index 4 for Path 24/Row 33 on 11/05/01 = Scene_ID 7024033000130950
Index 9 for Path 25/Row 32 on 11/12/01 = Scene_ID 7025032000131650
Landsat data and ancillary data used for the imperviousness prediction -
Data Type of DEM composed of 1 band and a Continuous Variable Type.
Data Type of Slope composed of 1 band and a Continuous Variable Type.
Data Type of Aspect composed of 1 band of Categorical Variable Type.
Data type of Position Index composed of 1 band of Continuous Variable Type.
Ancillary data used for urban area masking include:
1. NOAA Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 1 km city light data (1 band)
2. MRLC 1992 classification (1 band)
3. TIGER 2000 roads (1 band)