2020-2023 CCAP Version 2 Canopy Cover

The NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) produces national standardized land cover and change products for the coastal regions of the U.S. C-CAP products inventory coastal intertidal areas, wetlands, and adjacent uplands with the goal of monitoring changes in these habitats through time. The timeframe for this metadata is 2020 through 2023, depending on the latest date of available imagery. These maps were developed for NOAA by Ecopia (ecopiatech.com) utilizing high resolution 30cm or better aerial imagery. In addition, a digital surface model (DSM) derived from the stereo imagery was used to determine vegetation heights. This information provides managers with a detailed accounting of current landscape conditions related to impervious surface, woody canopy, and water feature extents.

C-CAP is dedicated to the development, distribution, and application of land cover and change data for the coastal regions of the U.S.

This data was produced under contract to Ecopia Tech Corporation. C-CAP data sets are not jurisdictional or intended for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of current technology, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. This is a national and regional data set that should be used only as a screening tool for very local or site-specific management decisions. Small features and changes should be verified with a higher-resolution data source.

USE RESTRICTIONS: This land cover data may not be used for the purpose of creating, training, improving, modifying, validating, testing, or evaluating machine learning algorithms, or otherwise leverage the product for the purposes of machine learning for a period of five years from its date of creation, except with the express written consent of Ecopia Tech Corporation.

Attributes for this product are as follows:

0 Background,

1 Upland Tree (Forest),

2 Scrub/Shrub

10 No Data

Recommended Citation. NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) New Orleans Region High Resolution Land Cover Data. Data collected 2017. Charleston, SC: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management. Data accessed at https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/ccaphighres.html.

5 years

Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data.

USE RESTRICTIONS: This land cover data may not be used for the purpose of creating, training, improving, modifying, validating, testing, or evaluating machine learning algorithms, or otherwise leverage the product for the purposes of machine learning for a period of five years from its date of creation, except with the express written consent of Ecopia Tech Corporation.

Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, NOAA, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350

An accuracy assessment of the landcover was not performed by NOAA Office for Coastal Management staff.

Tests for logical consistency indicate that all row and column positions in the selected latitude/longitude window contain data. Conversion and integration with vector files indicates that all positions are consistent with earth coordinates covering the same area. Attribute files are logically consistent.