This dataset is an extract from the GlobCover 2009 land cover map,
covering Australia and New Zealand.
The GlobCover 2009 land cover map is derived by an
automatic and regionally-tuned classification of a time series of global
MERIS (MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) FR mosaics for the year
2009. The global land cover map counts 22 land cover classes defined
with the United Nations (UN) Land Cover Classification System (LCCS).
For more information on the GlobCover project, see
http://ionia1.esrin.esa.int/
Note on display: class 210: Water Bodies is set to
"transparent" to improve display in the Data Basin map.
Within the extract's extent, no data were removed from the original dataset.