<p>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.</p> <p>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. <em>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 </em></p>