MODIS MCD12Q1 Land Cover Type (NASA)

MODIS MCD12Q1 Land Cover Type (NASA)

MH Specific

Annual 500m global land cover classification (IGBP 17-class) covering Maharashtra from 2001 to present

Build a 20-year land cover change analysis for Maharashtra using MODIS annual land cover maps.
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Quick Start

import ee
# lc = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MCD12Q1')
print('MODIS Land Cover: via Google Earth Engine or NASA LP DAAC')
Modality
Raster (HDF4 / GeoTIFF)
Size
500m resolution; annual; 17 land cover classes; HDF/GeoTIFF tiles
License
Format
GeoTIFF
Language
en
Update Frequency
static
Organization
NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
Category
geospatial-gis

Schema

FieldTypeDescription
land_cover_classintIGBP land cover class code
yearintData year
resolution_mint500m spatial resolution

Build With This

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AI Use Cases

Land use / land cover change detectionurbanization trackingagricultural extent mappingecosystem monitoring
Last verified: 2026-03-07