GLC 2000 Legend Workshop: General conclusions

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GLC 2000 Legend WorkshopGeneral conclusions

• Alan S. Belward

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WG Legends recommendations

• GLC partners use the FAO LCCS as a common means
  with which to establish the legend for their
  region
• the minimum set of classifiers agreed during the
  workshop be adopted
• these be developed into a minimum target legend
• this should be forwarded to the users for comment

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Recommendations cont.

• comments from the users will be communicated to
  the WG
• the environmental attributes in LCCS should be
  checked by the WG
• a common set of environmental attributes should
  be agreed upon
• the WG Chair will ensure communication links

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WG Methods and WG Validation

• Partners should confirm participation and
  nominate WG members (by end January 2001)
• WG methods will meet in Ispra before end March
  2001
• The WG mandate will be to recommend a set of
  methods or at least a minimum set of guidelines
  and for ancillary data
• WG validation will meet in Ispra before end 2001

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GLC 2000 plenary

• Plenary should meet in Autumn 2001 in Antwerp
• resolve remaining partnership issues
• decide on level of use of high resolution data
• Validation only
• Land Cover area estimates on a regional /
  national level
• formalise involvement of interpretation and
  validation partners (in country)