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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Nice one, thanks Anna.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’ve just noticed that ESRI are in there too, with a 30x30m ArcGIS Online service:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2014/10/17/enhanced-shuttle-land-elevation-data-srtm-30-meters-now-in-esri-world-elevation-services/">http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2014/10/17/enhanced-shuttle-land-elevation-data-srtm-30-meters-now-in-esri-world-elevation-services/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I don’t have the bandwidth to look at this just now – anyone else?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers now -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Nick.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> TZGISUG [mailto:tzgisug-bounces@lists.habari.co.tz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anna Estes via TZGISUG<br><b>Sent:</b> 18 October 2014 08:47<br><b>To:</b> Howard Frederick; Tanzania GIS Users Group Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TZGISUG] global 30m land cover dataset<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi All,<br><br>Well, I am finally in a position to answer Howard's question. The data were a little difficult to get hold of, but I finally did, and have had a look. Tanzania is covered by about 5 tiles, each of which is a 25-40mb download, zipped (contrary to what the site says about 10mb downloads). You have to request the data, then it takes several days for them to approve the request, after which they will send your instructions to download via ftp (keep an eye on your spam filter, as this is where all of my communications from them went). Unfortunately, the first ftp login information they gave me did not work, and I was unable to get anyone to respond to my request to send new information. So I created another account and requested the data again, and this time the ftp information worked, and I successfully downloaded the data. I have only summarily looked over one of the tiles so far (for the Maasai Steppe area), but I can say, that like most global products, it does savanna very poorly indeed. Most wooded areas, even with I would say 30+ percent cover, it is classifying as grassland in the areas I've spot-checked. On the other hand, it seems to be doing at least a reasonable job with even small-scale agriculture in those same areas. So I guess how useful these classifications may be to you will depend on what you are hoping to get out of them.<br><br>If you do want to download, go to the site and click on the Download link in the upper right of the screen, and there it will show you all the tiles and you can request the ones you want. There also seems to be a shapefile you can download that shows all the tiles.<br><br>All the best,<br><br>Anna<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/4/2014 12:23 PM, Howard Frederick wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Anna, this looks like a great set of data - but obviously a huge download! What sort of total MB are you looking at for Tanzania?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 3 October 2014 23:02, Anna Estes via TZGISUG <<a href="mailto:tzgisug@lists.habari.co.tz" target="_blank">tzgisug@lists.habari.co.tz</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Everyone,<br><br>Please see the following announcement:<br><br>Dear friends: <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>On the Sept 22, our 30 meter global land cover data sets, GlobeLand30, had been handed over by China to United Nations to support the globl climate change studies and sustanable develeopment.Now you can view and get the data from the websites(<a href="http://glc30.tianditu.com" target="_blank">glc30.tianditu.com</a> or <a href="http://www.globallandcover.com/" target="_blank">www.globallandcover.com</a>). Here are some news reports.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p><a href="http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=12&nr=1058&menu=1556" target="_blank">http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=12&nr=1058&menu=1556</a><br><a href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/GlobeLand30.htm" target="_blank">http://unstats.un.org/unsd/GlobeLand30.htm</a><br><a href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sgsm16170.doc.htm" target="_blank">http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sgsm16170.doc.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this will contribute to the global research data infrastructures supporting biodiversity and ecosystem sciences. I am looking forward to discuss with you on future collaboration.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chen Jun<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ISPRS president/ GEO SB-2 co-corrdinator<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2014/9/29<br><br>I can't speak to the accuracy of this product, or even how it was created, as I am just trying to download the tiles for TZ myself, but I thought some of you might be interested in taking a look. It has cover products for both 2000 and 2010, so if it is a decent product, it could be very useful. <br><br>Download tip: When entering in the tile numbers you would like to download, please note that it is case sensitive.<br><br>All the best,<br><br>Anna<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________<br>TZGISUG mailing list <a href="mailto:TZGISUG@lists.habari.co.tz">TZGISUG@lists.habari.co.tz</a><br>List Info: <a href="http://mail.habari.co.tz/mailman/listinfo/tzgisug" target="_blank">http://mail.habari.co.tz/mailman/listinfo/tzgisug</a><br>Web Site: <a href="http://www.tzgisug.org" target="_blank">http://www.tzgisug.org</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tzgisug" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tzgisug</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>