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These data are not jurisdictional or intended for use in litigation. NOAA does not assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data used on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.</gco:CharacterString>
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Recommended Citation. NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Regional Land Cover Database. Data collected 1995-present. Charleston, SC: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management. Data accessed at coast.noaa.gov/landcover.</gco:CharacterString>
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Initial Classification: 
      1m spatial resolution land cover data developed by the University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Laboratory was the starting point for this dataset. This product was developed using a Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) processing framework applied to NAIP imagery and Lidar data. This involves taking each image to be classified and grouping the pixels based on spectral and spatial properties into regions of homogeneity called objects. The resulting objects are the primary units for analysis. 

Resampling:
       The resulting 1-meter land cover was then resampled to a 10-meter raster. This was done using a 10x10 focal pixel window to compute the percent value for each land cover type in the 100 pixel neighborhood around each target pixel, and subsequently performing a nearest neighbor resampling of the resulting values.  Land cover was then assembled based on the land cover category that represented the largest overall percentage of the output 10-meter cell (i.e. the majority cover type), except where values of impervious exceeded 20% in which case Impervious Developed would be forced into the classification (even if not the majority for that cell).

Wetlands:
       Wetlands were derived through a modeling process which used the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), exported to a 10-meter raster grid to a classification that matched the wetland categories typically included within C-CAP land cover products.  A logic based rule set was then applied.  This rule set accounted for changes in condition of wetland features, since the NWI mapping occurred. This was based on how those features were mapped in the 6 category land cover described above, as compared to the NWI class. Forest, shrub and grassland objects within the initial land cover that exhibited hydric characteristics based on the input ancillary layers were designated to their appropriate wetland category. The process relied mainly on the NWI to determine palustrine and estuarine distinctions</gco:CharacterString>
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