Dataset for Integrating Landscape Metrics and Directional Growth Analysis to Assess Urban Transformation in Antalya, Türkiye (1985–2025)

This dataset supports the manuscript entitled “Integrating Landscape Metrics and Directional Growth Analysis to Assess Urban Transformation in Antalya, Türkiye (1985–2025).” It contains classified land-use/land-cover GeoTIFF rasters for 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, and 2025, including both unfiltered classification outputs and analysis-ready filtered rasters. The land-cover classes comprise urban, agriculture, forest, barren, and water. The dataset also includes class- and landscape-level FRAGSTATS outputs, land-cover area and net-change tables, classification accuracy summaries, filtering sensitivity results, sector-based directional urban growth measurements, and scripts for reproducing and validating the deposited results. The rasters were derived from Landsat imagery at a spatial resolution of 30 m and are projected in WGS 84 / UTM zone 36N (EPSG:32636). Detailed information concerning class codes, raster specifications, post-classification filtering, FRAGSTATS settings, PLAND normalization, directional-sector definitions, and methodological limitations is provided in the accompanying README file. The original Landsat imagery is not redistributed and is publicly available from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).