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COPYRIGHT NOTICE 

Information on the JRC CORPORATE WEBSITE does not necessarily engage the responsibility of the European Institutions. Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them.
 

However the European Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the material on this site. This material is information of a general nature only, which is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity. It is not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date. It is sometimes linked to external sites over which the Commission services have no control and for which the Commission assumes no responsibility. It should not be considered as professional or legal advice (if you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional). Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that a document available online exactly reproduces an officially adopted text, so that only European Union legislation published in the paper editions of the Official Journal of the European Communities is deemed authentic.
 

It is our goal to minimise disruption caused by technical errors, and we would strongly encourage you to take all possible steps to protect yourself against such disruption and to communicate any problems encountered to the Webmaster of the GLC2000 site.
 

The JRC declines all responsibility for any software errors or deficiencies or for any damages arising from them, as well for program maintenance and upgrading, and documentation. However, users are encouraged to report any such errors or deficiencies of this product to the JRC.


This disclaimer is not intended to contravene any requirements laid down in applicable national law nor to exclude liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law.

 

This World Wide Web site includes information, the software and media on which it is operated or contained (individually and collectively the "Information"), which is made available by the European Commission (the "Commission").

 

The Information on this World Wide Web site is made available in order to enhance public knowledge concerning the activities of the European Communities. The Information has been supplied by Commission staff, and/or by companies or organisations (in this specific case, the partners of the GLC2000 project) involved in research and development activities and/or in the Commission's programmes (the "Information Suppliers"). All title and intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to, trademarks, copyrights in and to the information, and any copies thereof in whatever form, are owned by the Information Suppliers, and/or by the Commission, and/or by other parties, and are protected by the applicable laws. Any trademarks or names being used are for editorial purposes only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringing upon that trademark. Except where otherwise noted, all site contents are: © European Communities. All rights reserved.

 

Data Access and Redistribution

The copyright on the GLC2000 database regards 3 main uses -

 

1. Download for scientific use - Parts or all of the dataset can be freely downloaded for further use in scientific applications under the condition that the source will be properly quoted in published papers or journals. Appropriate reference for the data is provided for the whole database and for each individual component (e.g. regional maps) in a text file accompanying each product on the products download page. By way of an example, the digital global land cover database should be quoted in the form "Global Land Cover 2000 database. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 2003, https://forobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/glc2000".

2. Reproduction for non-commercial redistribution – Reproduction of part or the totality of the database for non commercial distribution, i. a. via the Internet, is authorised, provided that the user obtains written permission from the JRC and ensures proper referencing of the source (see above), including the establishment of at least one link to the original web page in case of reproduction in a web site.

3. Reproduction for commercial redistribution – Whenever the digital database will be used for commercial purposes, a commercial license must be requested to the JRC.