High-Resolution Land-Use and Land-Cover Map of Japan 2024
(Released in March 2026 / 2024JPN_v26.03_vegetation)
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2024JPN_v26.03_vegetation: 30 categories
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Figure 1: Definition and number of reference data for each category. Note that the original category “Cropland” in JAXA HRLULC-Japan has been renamed to “Herbaceous cropland” in this study, as woody crops (orchards) are segregated and classified as independent categories.
Input Data
Figure 2: List of input data.
Accuracy Assessment
- Overall Accuracy: 96.3 ± 0.4 %
Figure 3: Confusion matrix. Error bars represent the 95 % confidence interval. Test data was not collected using random sampling; therefore actual accuracy can be different from this.
Regional Classification Results
Comparison of JAXA HRLULC-Japan 2024JPN_v25.04 and the output of this study
Category in JAXA HRLULC-Japan: Please see Figure 1 (left column)
Figure 4a: Sarobetsu wetland (Hokkaido).
Figure 4b: Mt. Meakan (Hokkaido).
Figure 4c: Around Betsukai town.
Figure 4d: Hachimantai and Mt. Akita-Komagatake (Akita and Iwate).
Figure 4e: Coastal area in Akita.
Figure 4f: Around Mt. Tanigawadake (Gunma and Nigata).
Figure 4g: South alps mountains.
Figure 4h: Kayaba in Kawaguchi (Mie).
Figure 4i: Iriomote island (Okinawa).