China Bamboo Forest Distribution Maps at 10-Meter Resolution for 2017 and 2024

2017 and 2024 annual bamboo forest distribution maps for China at a 10-meter spatial resolution. The dataset was generated by Bin Song using a random forest algorithm on a unified feature set with spatio-temporal sample migration. It covers 18 main bamboo-growing provinces in China and achieved an overall accuracy of 95.12 ± 2.15%.

Use Cases

• Monitoring bamboo resource inventory and changes over time based on the 2017 and 2024 maps.
• Evaluating ecosystem services provided by bamboo forests based on the high-resolution spatial distribution data.
• Supporting sustainable forest management and bamboo industry development planning based on the mapped forest extent.
• Conducting ecological assessments of subtropical vegetation landscapes based on the fragmentation and heterogeneity data implied by the mapping challenges.

Strengths

• High spatial resolution of 10 meters for detailed land cover analysis.
• Reported overall accuracy of 95.12 ± 2.15% and a mean F1-score of 0.9278 ± 0.0278.
• Covers two time points (2017 and 2024) enabling change detection over a 7-year period.
• Spatial scope includes 18 main bamboo-growing provinces in China.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset does not include islands in the South China Sea, limiting full national coverage.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for some analytical methods.

Provenance

Source

Bin Song via figshare.

Collection Method

Generated using the random forest algorithm on a unified feature set with spatio-temporal sample migration.

Time Range

2017, 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 08:52:42; freshness should be verified.

Geography

18 main bamboo-growing provinces in China (excluding islands in the South China Sea).