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Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA 2000)

Data Specifications

Map Name:	Global Forest Cover
Image Type:	Generic Flat Binary, Byte Interleave By Line (BIL)
File Size:	537,404 Kbytes
Data Type:	Byte (8 Bit, 0-255)
Number of Lines:	15,059
Number of Samples:	36,543
Pixel Size:	1,000 Meters
Scale:	Global
Projection:	Interrupted Goode Homolosine
Projection Unit:	Meters
Spheroid:	Sphere of radius at 6,370,997 meters
Datum:	Sphere of radius at 6,370,997 meters
Upper Left Xcoord:	-17359000
Upper Left Ycoord:	8673000
Legend:	1=Closed Forest, 2=Open or Fragmented Forest, 3=Other Wooded Land, 4=Other Land Cover, 5=Water

Map Name:	Global Forest Canopy Density
Image Type:	Generic Flat Binary, Byte Interleave By Line (BIL)
File Size:	537,404 Kbytes
Data Type:	Byte (8 Bit, 0-255)
Number of Lines:	15,059
Number of Samples:	36,543
Pixel Size:	1,000 Meters
Scale:	Global
Projection:	Interrupted Goode Homolosine
Projection Unit:	Meters
Spheroid:	Sphere of radius at 6,370,997 meters
Datum:	Sphere of radius at 6,370,997 meters
Upper Left Xcoord:	-17359000
Upper Left Ycoord:	8673000
Legend:	Forest Canopy Density Ranging from 1 - 100 Percent

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