file format : GeoTIFF File Format
file title  : landcov
last update : 30-March-2010
producer    : T. Hengl
lineage     : http://spatial-analyst.net/scripts/getGLCF.R
data type   : Byte
gdal driver : GTiff
columns     : 7200
rows        : 3600
meas. scale : numeric
description : Land cover map of the world (1981-1995) based on the AVHRR images
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 : 1000
resolution  : 0.05
min. value  : 0
max. value  : 13
display min : 1
display max : 13
value units : factor
value error : unspecified
flag value  : -1
flag def'n  : unavailable data
src. Eng    : UMD Global Land Cover Classification
src. URL    : http://www.landcover.org
src. scale  : 1000 m
src. refs   : Hansen, M., DeFries, R., Townshend,  J.R.G., Sohlberg, R., 2000. Global land cover classification at 1km resolution using a decision tree classifier. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 21:1331-1365.
src. date   : 1981-1995
src. owner  : University of Maryland; use is free to all if acknowledgement is made.
legend cats : 14
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 : Woodland 
Cat       7 : Wooded Grassland 
Cat       8 : Closed Shrubland 
Cat       9 : Open Shrubland
Cat      10 : Grassland
Cat      11 : Cropland
Cat      12 : Bare Ground
Cat      13 : Urban and Built-up