The GLC2000 product is available for download in the following formats: Binary and ESRI GRID. Both formats are compressed into ZIP files, which must be extracted to a new directory. Both zip files also contain ASCII text files regarding header info, legend colours (RGB, 0-255), and how to correctly reference the data. An excel file of class names, values, and decimal colours can also be found.
Product | Version | DataReference | DOWNLOAD | Approx File Size (Mb) | Metadata | Further Information | Quicklook | Poster |
Global Product (LatLong) |
v1.1 |
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ESRI / Binary / Tiff / Img | 33.0 | Description |
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Yes |
1. South America | v2.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 4.8 | Description |
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Yes |
2. Africa | v5.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 3.8 | Description |
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Yes |
3. Northern Eurasia | v4.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 10.9 | Description |
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Yes |
4. Asia | v1.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 11.0 | Description | - |
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- |
5. South Asia | v4.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 3.6 | Description |
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- |
5+6. South and South East Asia (Tropical Asia) | v2.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 3.5 | Description | - |
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Yes |
6. South East Asia | v3.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 1.5 | Description |
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- |
7. France | - | - | - | - | Description | - | - | - |
8. Europe | v2.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 3.5 | Description | - |
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Yes |
9. China | v3.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 2.2 | Description | - |
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Yes |
10. North America | v2.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 6.5 | Description |
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- |
12. Solomon Islands | v1.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | - | Description | - |
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- |
13. Australia | v1.0 |
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ESRI / Binary / Tiff | 1.2 | Description |
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Yes |
14. New Caledonia and Vanuatu | v1.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | - | Description | - |
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- |
15. New Zealand | v1.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 0.1 | Description | - |
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16. Fijian Islands | v1.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | - | Description | - |
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- |
17. North Africa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
18. Greenland and Iceland | v1.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | 0.2 | Description | - |
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19. Hawaii | v1.0 |
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ESRI / Binary | - | Description | - |
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* The European products were created by different partners, using different techniques, therefore, their consistency cannot be guaranteed.
NB: The product named "North America" also includes Central America, and the Caribbean.