File:pasture.data-float32-4320x2160

Summary

Raw headerless data: World map of pasture land.

Grid of numbers, each ranging from 0 to 1, to indicate "what fraction of this area is pasture land"

Map projection: equirectangular (geographic).

Converted from "Pasture2000_5m.tif" (file in File:CroplandPastureArea2000_Geotiff.zip): raw data extracted using tifftools.

Ocean areas contain negative numbers to indicate "non-applicable". When using this data to generate images, you'll probably want to replace the negatives with zeroes, using a command such as pasture >= 0.

Data source:

Ramankutty, N., A.T. Evan, C. Monfreda, and J.A. Foley (2008), Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22, GB1003, doi:10.1029/2007GB002952.

Note: This dataset is from the year 2000. By now, there is probably a few percent more farmland and habitat loss - but at least this dataset still provides a general sense of how land is on Earth. If you know of a newer dataset, please let me know in the talk page.

Zipped download

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The file is 4 MB when zipped, and 36 MB when unzipped.

See also

• File:cropland.data-float32-4320x2160