{"slug": "modis-mcd12q1", "name": "MODIS Land Cover Type (MCD12Q1)", "tagline": "Annual 500 m land cover with IGBP and other schemes", "source": "NASA / USGS", "category": {"slug": "land-use", "name": "Land Use", "icon": "leaf", "tone": "green"}, "meta": ["500 m", "2001–present", "Global"], "thumb": "/static/catalog/thumbs/modis-mcd12q1.3fd953d6c4b0.jpg", "bbox": [-180.0, -90.0, 180.0, 90.0], "global": true, "access": "login", "url": "/datasets/modis-mcd12q1/", "subtitle": "MODIS Terra and Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly Global 500 m", "summary": "Five classification schemes per year, including IGBP (17 classes) and a plant functional type layer used by many land-surface models. The long consistent record makes it the usual choice for land-cover change in hydrological modelling.", "categories": [{"slug": "land-use", "name": "Land Use", "icon": "leaf", "tone": "green"}], "sources": [{"slug": "nasa", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "label": "NASA", "url": "https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/", "page": "/sources/nasa/"}, {"slug": "usgs", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "label": "USGS", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/", "page": "/sources/usgs/"}], "facts": [["Source", "NASA / USGS"], ["Resolution", "500 m"], ["Time span", "2001–present"], ["Temporal", "Annual"], ["Access type", "Download with free login"], ["Formats", "HDF-EOS"], ["Coverage", "Global land"]], "access_note": "Free NASA Earthdata login", "coverage": "Global land", "license": {"name": "Public domain (U.S. Government work)", "url": "https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/data/data-citation-and-policies/"}, "citation": "Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061", "doi": "10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061", "landing_url": "https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/mcd12q1v061/", "provider_url": "https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=MCD12Q1", "methods": [{"type": "cmr", "label": "MCD12Q1 v061 granules (latest first) from NASA Earthdata"}], "preview": {"type": "gibs", "layer": "MODIS_Combined_L3_IGBP_Land_Cover_Type_Annual", "label": "MODIS IGBP land cover (NASA GIBS)"}, "thumb_credit": "MODIS IGBP land cover (NASA GIBS)", "selection": [-75.0, -20.0, -50.0, 5.0], "selection_text": "-75,-20,-50,5", "snippets": {"curl": "# Earthdata login in ~/.netrc:\n# machine urs.earthdata.nasa.gov login USER password PASS\ncurl -fsSL \"https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/modis-mcd12q1/links.txt?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5\" \\\n  | xargs -n 1 curl -fLO --netrc -b ~/.urs_cookies -c ~/.urs_cookies", "python": "import earthaccess  # pip install earthaccess\n\nearthaccess.login()\nresults = earthaccess.search_data(short_name=\"MCD12Q1\", version=\"061\",\n                                  bounding_box=(-75, -20, -50, 5))\nearthaccess.download(results, \"data\")", "javascript": "const res = await fetch(\"https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/modis-mcd12q1/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5\");\nconst { groups } = await res.json();\nfor (const g of groups) g.links.forEach(l => console.log(l.url));"}, "api": {"links": "/api/v1/datasets/modis-mcd12q1/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5", "manifest": "/api/v1/datasets/modis-mcd12q1/manifest?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5"}}