Building a community-based open harmonised reference data repository for global crop mapping.

ABSTRACT: Reference data is key to produce reliable crop type and cropland maps. Although research projects, national and international programs as well as local initiatives constantly gather crop related reference data, finding, collecting, and harmonizing data from different sources is a challenging task. Furthermore, ethical, legal, and consent-related restrictions associated with data sharing represent a common dilemma faced by international research projects. We address these dilemmas by building a community-based, open, harmonised reference data repository at global extent, ready for model training or product validation. Our repository contains data from different sources such as the Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM) Joint Experiment for Crop Asses

SUBMITTER: Boogaard H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10343028 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature