North American Land Facet Classification at 100-Meter Resolution

North America is categorized into physical habitat types at a 100-meter resolution. The dataset was developed by Julia Michalak at the University of Washington using input data such as elevation and soil type. It is provided as TIFF files for use in GIS applications like ArcGIS.

Use Cases

• Conservation planning based on the diversity of abiotic conditions like topography and soils.
• Climate adaptation strategy development using the 'land facet' or 'enduring feature' approach.
• Biodiversity surrogate modeling based on physical habitat diversity mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• 100-meter spatial resolution for the North American continent.
• Derived from concrete input data including elevation and soil type.
• Data is provided in a standard geospatial format (TIFF) compatible with GIS software.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count and total file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

University of Washington

Collection Method

Developed from input data including elevation and soil type; methodology details are referenced but not fully described in the input.

Geography

North America