NASA Landsat Image depicting landcover as seen in SERVIR-VIZ.
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As part of the SERVIR project, under USAID funding, the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at University of Arkansas developed GIS tools for assisting with the preparation of integrated multi-temporal land cover, climate, and soils estimates. These tools can be used to create data inputs to a related carbon sequestration modeling tool developed by Colorado State University.

The initial utilization of the GIS tools is directed at Landsat-assisted land cover and MODIS-assisted land cover estimates and their integration with ancillary climate and soils maps (also required inputs for the carbon sequestration model). Representatives from each country in Central America (i.e. Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) can flexibly use these GIS tools to prepare their carbon stock estimates with either the land cover data provided (Landsat-assisted and/or MODIS-assisted) or other land cover maps of their choice.

Tools are included for spatial/temporal aggregation and schema conversion in conjunction with the use of various land cover sources. The tools and datasets can be downloaded from the SERVIR Data portal by searching for the keywords "land cover." A direct download link to the tools is provided below. Click here for a technical paper describing these products and for additional background on related inputs, outputs, and models.

Mesoamerican Land Cover Products
• Click on the SERVIR-Viz icon to download and install a 3D earthviewer to view, animate, and
compare these products with other datasets
• Click on the Data Portal icon to search and download related data products
• Download the CAST land cover classification tools as ArcGIS toolbox files (.tbx)
• Download a technical paper paper describing these products and for additional background on
related inputs, outputs, and models (coming soon)