Central Germany GIS dataset

The GIS dataset is showing the land use and land cover of Central Germany on a 500x500 m grid. Central Germany covers the area of the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The data is based on the Corine Land Cover (CLC) map, the German Soil Map BUEK, Natural protection areas of the BfN and statistics.

For further information please see the metadata Excel sheet as well as Wochele, S., Priess, J., Thrän, D., O’Keeffe, S., (2014): Crop allocation model “CRAM” - an approach for dealing with biomass supply from arable land as part of a life cycle inventory. 22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, CCH -Congress Center Hamburg, 24-25 June 2014 EU BC&E Proceedings 2014, ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Florence. doi: 10.5071/22ndEUBCE2014-1AO.5.4