Product Title:
GDA CropID map for 2023 Australia (250-meters)

Produced By:
GDA Corp (GeoSpatial Data Analysis Corporation)

Released:
October 1, 2023

Referencing the File:
GDA CropID GIS map shall be referred to, in all instances, as "GDA_CropID_Australia_2023_Cotton_RapeseedWinter_Rice_250m"

Abstract:
GDA CropID 2023 Australia map is a GIS raster format product with 250-meter spatial resolution. The map covers the entire Australia. It offers 3 crop type classes including 2023 cotton, winter rapeseed, and rice locations. The map is based on the deep time series analysis of optical satellite imagery.

2023 refers to the crop harvest year.

GDA CropID maps utilize time series of GDA GeoChronicles™ imagery coverages. GDA GeoChronicles™ are global deep time series of 10-day, 10-meter analysis ready imagery coverages produced by GDA Corp by fusing Copernicus Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B imagery and NASA / USGS Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 imagery.

GDA uses deep time series of GeoChronicles™ composites to identify crop type locations during each given season.

The CropID product is produced by GDA Corp for USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) under a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract with the USDA/FAS/GMA/IPAD.

The 250-meter CropID product was originally produced at 10-meter spatial resolution. The final 10-meter crop mask was resampled to 250-meters for use on the USDA/NASA Global Agricultural Monitoring (GLAM) system at https://glam1.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

Coverage:
Australia. Country-wide cropland coverage.

Spatial resolution:
250-meters. The original classification is performed at 10-meters.

Crop Harvest Year:
2023

Classification Categories:
ID NAME
2 Cotton
3 Rice
96 Rape Seed / Canola (Winter)

Crop Area Estimates:
GDA 2023 cotton, winter rapeseed, and rice area estimates are available in CropSignal under the "GDA Area" source.

License:
GDA grants USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) a Federal Government-wide license to utilize the 250-meter products for Federal Government applications such as the USDA/NASA GLAM system (https://glam1.gsfc.nasa.gov/)

GDA grants USDA FAS a license to share derivative GIS and non-GIS thematic products, maps, analytical products, and/or reporting created by USDA FAS with Federal Government, USDA FAS partners, and the public.

Technical data, computer software developed, and/or source code developed under this contract is furnished with SBIR Data Rights (according to FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program).

Resource Contact:
Dmitry Varlyguin, GDA Corp. / Chief Scientist; dmitry @ gdacorp . com