Product Title:
GDA CropID map for 2024 South America (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:
September 1, 2024

Version:
Version 4

Referencing the File:
GDA CropID GIS map shall be referred to, in all instances, as "GDA_CropID_SouthAmerica_2024_Corn_Cotton_Rapeseed_Soybeans_250m"

Abstract:
GDA CropID 2024 South America map is a GIS raster format product with 250-meter spatial resolution. The map offers various land cover classes including 2023/2024 corn, cotton, rapeseed, and soybean crops during the safra (1st harvest) and safrinha (2nd harvest) seasons across various locations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The complete list of provided crop types and their locations can be found in the “Coverage” section below. Double-cropped locations are presented as separate classes on the map. 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:
For each crop, full coverage is provided for the administrative units below.

Corn:
Argentina.

Corn (1st harvest):
Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).

Corn (2nd harvest):
Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins).

Cotton:
Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul).

Rape Seed / Canola:
Argentina (Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos), Chile, Uruguay.

Soybeans (1st harvest):
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Soybeans (2nd harvest):
Argentina, Uruguay.

Classification Categories:
ID NAME
1 Corn
107 Corn (1st harvest)
108 Corn (2nd harvest)
2 Cotton
252 Dbl Crop Rapeseed / Soybeans
234 Dbl Crop Soybeans / Corn
239 Dbl Crop Soybeans / Cotton
34 Rape Seed / Canola
105 Soybeans (1st harvest)
106 Soybeans (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, cotton, rapeseed, and soybean area estimates for their respective administrative units listed in the Coverage 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

About GDA:
GDA Corporation provides quality imagery products and sophisticated crop specific analyses on a global basis that are unparalleled in the industry. At its core, GDA is a satellite image analysis company. We do not make satellite data, but we do make satellite data work for our customers. Since 2002, our focus has been on operational, automated processing of massive amounts of satellite data, agile algorithm development, and applied agricultural analysis with science-driven, real-world applicability.