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Habitat Priority Planner
Helps to identify priority locations for conservation, restoration, and planning (extension to ArcGIS with Spatial Analyst)
OpenNSPECT
Examines land cover to measure runoff, nonpoint source pollution, and erosion
Impervious Surface Analysis Tool
Calculates the percentage of impervious surfaces for a selected geographic area
C-CAP Land Cover Atlas
Enables users to view regional Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) land cover data and explore land cover changes and trends
Coastal County Snapshots
Turns complex data into easy-to-understand stories, complete with charts and graphs
Landscape Fragmentation Tool
Maps the type of fragmentation present in a specified land cover feature and produces a data set containing results
Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer
Creates maps of potential impacts of sea level rise along the coast and provides related information and data for community officials
Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Classification Scheme and Class Definitions
Provides a description of land cover classes
C-CAP Legend for ArcMap
Users of Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) data in ArcMap will encounter two types of files: discrete and continuous. Discrete data files are delivered by NOAA. Each data file has a colormap that automatically carries over the legend and color. ArcMap Raster Calculator and other raster analysis tools will produce output in a continuous format. Continuous data files do not support colormaps. Legend layer files for the standard C-CAP product and C-CAP change product are available in the C-CAP_Legend directory.
C-CAP Mapping Boundary
ESRI Shapefile representing the C-CAP mapping zones for the Contiguous U.S., Hawaii and the U.S. Territories of the Pacific and Caribbean.
Excel worksheets for basic analysis of C-CAP land cover change data
A land cover change file is created as part of the C-CAP project and contains the From and To land cover classes for each pixel for the selected change dates. This Excel workbook contains instructions and worksheets to create a series of basic statistics, graphics, and change matrices.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers some questions about land cover in general and regional C-CAP data specifically including how the data are produced, how to interpret land cover change, and data availability.
Coastal Change Analysis Program Regional Mailing Lists
Provides subscribers an easy way to keep up to date with C-CAP coastal land cover updates in your region(s). Provide us with your contact information and we will notify you as we begin projects in your area and let you know when new data is released.
Have a Question? Or a Comment? Let us know.
Please send an email if you have general questions related to land cover data, technical questions specific to C-CAP data, questions on how to best make use of this data in your application, or comments about the usefulness of the data. Contact us at nos.csc.ccap@noaa.gov.
Coastal Habitat Monitoring: Do You Have Change?
Explains how satellite imagery can be used to monitor land cover changes and walks through interpreting and analyzing a simplified change example in a hypothetical geography (lesson plan, geared for students in grades 9 to 12).
Diving Deeper: Land Cover Data
Highlights the difference between land cover and land use, the ways land cover data are collected, and some of the many applications of land cover data (recorded interview, July 29, 2009, 14:58 minutes).
Getting the Most out of Your Land Cover Mapping Dollars
Discusses how the State of Maine leveraged C-CAP work to develop data to suit its needs (Coastal Connections, August/September, 2006).
Land Cover Data Goes Coast-to-Coast
Discusses the benefits of a nationally standardized land cover, through C-CAP, and the data’s value in addressing a wide range of coastal ecosystem issues in the Great Lakes (Coastal Connections, August/September, 2007).
NOAA Land Cover Assessment Showing Increasing U.S. Coastal Development
Highlights results from the completion of NOAA’s 1996 and 2001 updated C-CAP land cover products (press release, March 17, 2008).
Original C-CAP Guidance for Regional Implementation
Provides technical and historical background on C-CAP. Changes in methodologies and C-CAP’s classification scheme have occurred since the publication date, but the document remains useful to understand the background behind the current program.
NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Regional Land Cover Database. Data collected 1995-present. Charleston, SC: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center. Data accessed at www.csc.noaa.gov/landcover.