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LAND USE - Database
Source
Stolbovoi V., Land Resources of Russia CD-ROM
Technical Description
The Map of Land Categories of the U.S.S.R. (Yanvareva et al., 1989),
an observational map, was adopted for digitizing to create the georeferenced
land categories database. Unfortunately, the publication of the map was
not accompanied by detailed explanatory text. Thus, additional information
on attributes had to be derived from a number of reference books and scientific
publications. To facilitate better manipulation with attributes the original
structure of the legend was developed as well. The digitizing of the map
was carried out by scanning. After entering into the GIS, further processing
was necessary such as changes of projection and correction of geometry.
The digitized polygons were corrected according to information on coastal
lines, water bodies and rivers obtained from the Digital Chart of the
World at scale 1:1M (ESRI, 1993). Mapping unit codes were entered in a
database and linked to the corresponding polygon labels in the GIS. For
more information on this coverage please refer to: Stolbovoi, V. et
al. The IIASA-LUC Project Georeferenced Database of the Former U.S.S.R.
Volume 5: Land Categories.INTERIM REPORT IR-97-087, Laxenburg, Austria.
Coverage Definitions
| Coverage | Data Type | Fields | Description |
| Land Use | Poly |
lu_name |
Land
category name (according to legend) presence of irrigation * presence of multi-year plantation * presence of irrigation in main land category * presence of cropland * presence of forage land * presence of forest * minimum extent of cropland, % maximum extent of cropland, % minimum extent of lu_type maximum extent of lu_type presence of irrigation in associated land category * minimum extent of associated land category, % maximum extent of associated land category, % climatic belt natural zone name relief name primary land category name land unit name |
