Palau historical vegetation cover

This data publication contains vegetative land cover spatial data for Babeldaob Island, Palau for the years of 1921, 1947, 1954, 1976, 1992, 2001, 2006, and 2014. Land cover data were digitized using a variety of historical sources such as topographic maps, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery. Land cover products included in this publication consist of: five (5) Esri geodatabases containing landcover classifications for 1921, 1954, 1976, 1992, and 2006; three (3) landcover image raster files for 2001, 2006, and 2014; and one (1) Esri geodatabase containing roads around Babeldaob Island, Palau.These data were created to summarize historical vegetation cover change on Babeldaob Island, Palau.These data were originally published on 1/21/2022. Minor metadata updates were made on 06/06/2022 to include citation for newly published article. For more information about these data, see Dendy et al. (2022).