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CORINE land cover 2018

Land classification for examining urban extent and landscapes around settlements.

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Before you use this resource

Minimum mapping unit is 25 hectares and minimum width 100 metres. Not suitable for parcel-level detail.

Published by: Copernicus Land Monitoring Service / EEA
Source: Public institution
Collection: Public data
Resource type: Dataset
Coverage: Europe; 2018 reference, imagery from 2017–2018.
Documented formats: Vector, Raster 100 m, WMS, ArcGIS REST
Licence / terms: Copernicus full, free and open access policy
API access: Documented API
Record review date: 2026-09-07
Last resource update: Unknown
Technical data audit: Not performed
Documentation: Source reviewed

Documentation

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Getting started

Select CLC2018 and read its class legend.
Use the map service to explore or download the product needed for analysis.
For temporal changes, check the dedicated change product and resolution limits.

Access and checks

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Direct API queries

curl -s 'https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Corine/CLC2018_WM/MapServer' | jq .

import urllib.request
import json

url = "https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Corine/CLC2018_WM/MapServer"
req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "CunoastereDeschisa/1.7"})
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
    data = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
    print(json.dumps(data, indent=2)[:500])

library(jsonlite)

data <- fromJSON("https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Corine/CLC2018_WM/MapServer")
str(data)

INSTALL httpfs;
LOAD httpfs;

SELECT * FROM read_json_auto('https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Corine/CLC2018_WM/MapServer')
LIMIT 10;

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