10m Annual Land Use Land Cover (9-class)

The 10m Annual Land Use Land Cover (9-class) dataset is a global map produced by Impact Observatory, Microsoft, and Esri. It provides a year-by-year snapshot of global land cover at a 10-meter resolution, derived from ESA Sentinel-2 imagery using a deep learning AI model.

This dataset is particularly valuable for monitoring urbanization, deforestation, and agricultural expansion over time.

Data Availability & Collections

The dataset is organized as a "Bring Your Own COG" (BYOC) collection within the Planet Insights Platform. Each pixel represents the most likely land cover class for the given year.

• Collection ID: 0ed26381-7344-4281-b180-66f3da521f75
• Update Frequency: The map is updated annually following the completion of the calendar year.

Basic Facts

Property	Value
Sensor	MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) from Sentinel-2
Spatial Resolution	10 m
Coordinate System	UTM (aligned to Sentinel-2 tiling grid)
Data Format	Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)
Temporal Coverage	2017 – 2023 (Updated annually)
License	CC-BY 4.0
Provider	Planet

Class Definitions

The product consists of a single band named lulc. Each pixel contains an integer value from 1 to 11. Note that values 3 and 6 are not used in this 9-class schema.

Value	Label	Color
1	Water	#419bdf
2	Trees	#397d49
4	Flooded Vegetation	#7a87c6
5	Crops	#e49635
7	Built Area	#c4281b
8	Bare Ground	#a59b8f
9	Snow/Ice	#a8ebff
10	Clouds	#616161
11	Rangeland	#e3e2c3

Accessing the Data

AWS S3 Access

The data is hosted in the AWS us-west-2 region. You can browse the directory structure using the AWS CLI:

aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://io-10m-annual-lulc/

Planet Insights Platform API

To access the data programmatically via the Planet Insights Platform:

• Endpoint: services.sentinel-hub.com

• Collection Type: byoc-0ed26381-7344-4281-b180-66f3da521f75

Visualization Script (Evalscript)

To view the land cover map with the standard classification colors, use the following Evalscript in your request:

// VERSION=3
// Impact Observatory 10m LULC Visualizer
const colormap = [
  [1, 0x419bdf], // Water
  [2, 0x397d49], // Trees
  [4, 0x7a87c6], // Flooded Vegetation
  [5, 0xe49635], // Crops
  [7, 0xc4281b], // Built Area
  [8, 0xa59b8f], // Bare Ground
  [9, 0xa8ebff], // Snow/Ice
  [10, 0x616161], // Clouds
  [11, 0xe3e2c3], // Rangeland
];

const visualizer = new ColorMapVisualizer(colormap);

function setup() {
  return {
    input: ['lulc', 'dataMask'],
    output: { bands: 3 },
  };
}

function evaluatePixel(samples) {
  return visualizer.process(samples.lulc);
}

Attribution

This dataset is collaboratively produced by Impact Observatory, Microsoft, and Esri. It contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data processed by these partners.