Long-term spatially explicit information on land use 1830-1960-2015: Case study of the municipalities Waidhofen/Ybbs and Paldau, Austria

The dataset contains historical land use/land cover (LULC) pattern for the Austrian municipalities Waidhofen/Ybbs (Lower Austria) and Paldau (Styria). Three time cuts comprising nearly 200 years were digitized using various spatial data sources:

1820: Maps of Franciscan Cadastre

1960: Aerial photographs

2015: Aerial orthophotos combined with IACS (Integrated Administration and Control System)

The dataset consistently discerns four LULC categories (forest land, cropland, grassland, and “settlement and other”) and provides additional information on biomass extraction.

The following files are available:

README.txt: Metadata and descriptions of spatial data and attributes

Waidhofen.zip: Spatial data of Waidhofen/Ybbs, Lower Austria

Paldau.zip: Spatial data of Paldau, Styria