@article {Witmer:1978-10-01T00:00:00:0022-1201:661, author = "Witmer, Richard E.", title = "U.S. Geological Survey Land-Use and Land-Cover Classification System", journal = "Journal of Forestry", volume = "76", number = "10", year = "1978-10-01T00:00:00", abstract = "The land-use and land-cover classification system proposed for review in U.S. Geological Survey Circular 671 was devised to provide a logical framework for land-use and land-cover information derived from remotely sensed data as well as to serve as the classification system for a national inventory. Review comments from federal, state, local, and other potential users were incorporated into USGS Professional Paper 964, the final version of the classification. The classification system is a combination of inductive processes (capabilities for interpreting remote-sensor images) and deductive processes (division of the landscape as related to resource information needs). Specifications have been devised in order to put it to use in a national inventory. To date, 11 states have participated in matching-funds cooperative agreements for land-use and cover mapping, and several federal and regional agencies are using the system, maps, and data.", pages = "661-666", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/jof/1978/00000076/00000010/art00012" }