Peninsular Malaysia 2018 Land Use Map with Nine Classes
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Description
Peninsular Malaysia's 2018 land use is mapped at a 25-meter grid resolution. The dataset includes nine distinct land cover classes such as non-paddy agriculture, paddy fields, and urban residential areas. It was created for the 'Malaysia - Flood Impact Across Scales' project funded by the Newton-Ungku Omar Fund.
Use Cases
Train a semantic segmentation model to classify 25-meter grid cells into the nine land use classes.
Analyze the spatial distribution of paddy fields versus non-paddy agriculture for agricultural planning.
Assess urban development patterns by mapping urban residential, commercial/institutional, and industrial/infrastructure areas.
Model flood impact scenarios by integrating land use classes like roads and rural residential areas with hydrological data.
Strengths
Provides a consistent 25-meter resolution grid for the entire region of Peninsular Malaysia.
Contains nine specifically defined land use classes, including distinct categories for paddy fields and urban types.
Created for a focused research project on hydrometeorological hazards, suggesting a clear application purpose.
Limitations
Data is from a single year (2018), limiting analysis of land use change over time.
The 'others' class may aggregate diverse land covers, reducing interpretability for those areas.
Provenance
Source
Environmental Information Data Centre
Collection Method
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Time Range
2018
Freshness
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Geography
Peninsular Malaysia
Data is delivered in a ZIP file format; users will need GIS or raster processing software to utilize the gridded map.