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Table 4 Spatial data review for constructing land use, land-use change matrix, and activity data

From: Construction of land-use change matrix and estimation of greenhouse gas inventory focusing on settlements in South Korea

Data name

Description

Time series coverage

Spatial resolution and data type

Cadastral map

Map prepared by dividing the national land into 28 categories according to land-use purpose and status

1970s–present

(renewed monthly)

Vector

Use district map

Areas determined by urban management plans do not overlap with economical and efficient land use and promote public welfare by limiting land use

2005–present

(renewed monthly)

Vector

Ortho-images

Data produced through orthometric correction using aerial photographs of South Korea

2002–present

(renewed every 2 years)

Raster with 12 cm (urban area), 25 cm (others)

Digital forest type map (1:25,000 scale)

Map of forest information on National Forest Resource Survey

1st (1971–1974)

2nd (1978–1980)

3rd (1986–1992)

4th (1996–2005)

5th (2006–2010)

Vector

Digital forest type map (1:5000 scale)

Map of detailed forest information using digital aerial photographs, ortho-images, and 1:25,000 Forest Type Map

2009–2013

Vector

Forest aerial photographs

Black-and-white aerial images constructed over 4 periods in South Korean territory

1st (1971–1974)

2nd (1978–1980)

3rd (1986–1992)

4th (1996–2005)

Raster with 0.8 m

Land cover map (1:50,000 scale)

Spatial data represented by classifying land cover types into seven categories

Construction (1998), Advanced (2000), Actualizing (2010), Update (2019)

Vector

Land cover map (1:25,000 scale)

Spatial data represented by classifying land cover types into 22 categories

Construction (2004)

1st update (2007)

2nd update (2009)

3rd update (2013)

update (2018)

Vector

Land cover map (1:5000 scale)

Spatial data represented by classifying land cover types into 41 categories

Constructed by region (2010–2016)

Vector

Smart farm map

Map of agricultural land constructed using high-resolution aerial images

2014–2018

Vector