file format : GeoTIFF File Format
file title  : IGBP
last update : 30-March-2010
producer    : T. Hengl
lineage     : http://spatial-analyst.net/scripts/getMOD12C1.R
data type   : Byte
gdal driver : GTiff
columns     : 7200
rows        : 3600
meas. scale : Classes
description : MOD12C1 17 land cover classes defined by the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
proj4string : +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84
ref. system : geographic
ref. units  : arcdegrees
unit dist.  : 1
min. X      : -180
max. X      : 180
min. Y      : -90
max. Y      : 90
pos'n error : 500
resolution  : 0.05
min. value  : 0
max. value  : 16
display min : 0
display max : 16
value units : factor
value error : unspecified
flag value  : -1
flag def'n  : unavailable data
src. Eng    : Land Cover Type Yearly Climate Modeling Grid (CMG)
src. URL    : https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/lpdaac/products/modis_products_table/land_cover/yearly_l3_global_0_05deg_cmg/mod12c1
src. scale  : 0.05 degree
src. refs   : Strahler, A., 1999. MODIS Land Cover Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) Version 5.0. Boston University
Boston, MA, 72 p.
src. date   : 2001-2004
src. owner  : U.S. Geological Survey
legend cats : 19
Cat       0 : Water 
Cat       1 : Evergreen Needleleaf forest 
Cat       2 : Evergreen Broadleaf forest 
Cat       3 : Deciduous Needleleaf forest 
Cat       4 : Deciduous Broadleaf forest 
Cat       5 : Mixed forest 
Cat       6 : Closed shrublands 
Cat       7 : Open shrublands 
Cat       8 : Woody savannas 
Cat       9 : Savannas 
Cat      10 : Grasslands 
Cat      11 : Permanent wetlands 
Cat      12 : Croplands 
Cat      13 : Urban and built-up 
Cat      14 : Cropland/Natural vegetation mosaic 
Cat      15 : Snow and ice 
Cat      16 : Barren or sparsely vegetated 
Cat     254 : Unclassified 
Cat     255 : Fill Value