Original members of the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) consortium were the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) joined later.
Summary
The NLCD includes the source images, as well as classified land-cover data for specific acquisition dates. It is the first national land-cover data set produced since the early 1970s, effectively replacing the LUDA and GIRAS data sets. Data for the conterminous United States circa 1992 (NLCD 1992) , were derived from Landsat-5 TM images and are complete.
Note
Description based on 1992: title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 27, 2012).
