Land cover maps are available from the USGS—the maps characterize the natural environment as well as the land use. Depending on the year and other factors, twenty-one land-use categories have been applied to the United States.
For this assignment, you will need to record your work on a word processing document. Your work must be submitted in Word (.doc) or PDF (.pdf) format so I can open it. In addition, documents must be double-spaced and typed in 12 point Times Roman font.
Links
[1] http://www.state.tn.us/twra/gis/maps/tnlc.pdf
[2] http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3020/
[3] http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/
[4] https://www.mrlc.gov/data/legends/national-land-cover-database-2001-nlcd2001-legend
[5] https://www.mrlc.gov/data/legends/national-land-cover-database-2016-nlcd2016-legend