# Source: ESA WorldCover
# Type: cog
# Catalog: STACConnector
# Generated by: folia catalog import
# Generated at: 2026-02-08T00:48:27.326451+00:00
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source:
  id: planetary-computer-esa-worldcover
  name: ESA WorldCover
  type: cog
  url: https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/esa-worldcover
  description: "The European Space Agency (ESA) [WorldCover](https://esa-worldcover.org/en)\
    \ product provides global land cover maps for the years 2020 and 2021 at 10 meter\
    \ resolution based on the combination of [Sentinel-1](https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-1)\
    \ radar data and [Sentinel-2](https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-2)\
    \ imagery. The discrete classification maps provide 11 classes defined using the\
    \ Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) developed by the United Nations (UN)\
    \ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The map images are stored in [cloud-optimized\
    \ GeoTIFF](https://www.cogeo.org/) format.\n\nThe WorldCover product is developed\
    \ by a consortium of European service providers and research organizations. [VITO](https://remotesensing.vito.be/)\
    \ (Belgium) is the prime contractor of the WorldCover consortium together with\
    \ [Brockmann Consult](https://www.brockmann-consult.de/) (Germany), [CS SI](https://www.c-s.fr/)\
    \ (France), [Gamma Remote Sensing AG](https://www.gamma-rs.ch/) (Switzerland),\
    \ [International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis](https://www.iiasa.ac.at/)\
    \ (Austria), and [Wageningen University](https://www.wur.nl/nl/Wageningen-University.htm)\
    \ (The Netherlands).\n\nTwo versions of the WorldCover product are available:\n\
    \n- WorldCover 2020 produced using v100 of the algorithm\n  - [WorldCover 2020\
    \ v100 User Manual](https://esa-worldcover.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v100/2020/docs/WorldCover_PUM_V1.0.pdf)\n\
    \  - [WorldCover 2020 v100 Validation Report](<https://esa-worldcover.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v100/2020/docs/WorldCover_PVR_V1.1.pdf>)\n\
    \n- WorldCover 2021 produced using v200 of the algorithm\n  - [WorldCover 2021\
    \ v200 User Manual](<https://esa-worldcover.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v200/2021/docs/WorldCover_PUM_V2.0.pdf>)\n\
    \  - [WorldCover 2021 v200 Validaton Report](<https://esa-worldcover.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v200/2021/docs/WorldCover_PVR_V2.0.pdf>)\n\
    \nSince the WorldCover maps for 2020 and 2021 were generated with different algorithm\
    \ versions (v100 and v200, respectively), changes between the maps include both\
    \ changes in real land cover and changes due to the used algorithms.\n"
  provider: ESA
  license: CC-BY-4.0
  metadata:
    stac: true
    stac_api: true
    connector_id: planetary-computer
    tags:
    - Global
    - Land Cover
    - Sentinel
    - ESA
    dataset:
      tier: 1
      thematic_group: Satellite Imagery
      format: cog
      crs: EPSG:4326
      temporal:
        range: 2020-01-01/2021-12-31
        type: snapshot
        default_range: latest
      quality:
        coverage: global
      layout:
        type: tiled
        spatial:
          scheme: mgrs
      stac_collection_id: esa-worldcover
      homepage: https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/esa-worldcover