Product Title:
GDA CropID map for 2024 Brazil (250-meters)

Produced By:
GDA Corp (GeoSpatial Data Analysis Corporation) GDA Corp.; 301 Science Park Road, Suite 112, State College, PA, USA 16803; http://www.GDAcorp.com

Released:
August 1, 2024

Version:
Version 4. This version is the third safrinha-focused map, whereas the Version 1 map (released April 1, 2024) focused on the safra season.

Referencing the File:
GDA CropID GIS map shall be referred to, in all instances, as "GDA_CropID_Brazil_2024_Corn_Cotton_250m"

Abstract:
GDA CropID 2024 Brazil map is a GIS raster format product with 250-meter spatial resolution. The map offers various land cover classes, including 2023/2024 corn (2nd harvest) for Brazil, as well as cotton locations for Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. For a complete list of classes, see the “Classification Categories” section.

2024 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 optical satellite 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 and land cover 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:
Brazil. Country-wide coverage.

Classification Categories:
ID NAME
2 Cotton
108 Corn (2nd harvest)

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

Crop Harvest Year:
2024

File Format:
GeoTIFF

Projection:
ESPG:3857, WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator.

Crop Area Estimates:
GDA 2024 corn (2nd harvest) and cotton area estimates for the respective countries listed in the Abstract section 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