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Global Land Cover — Current State Global · 2024 · MODIS IGBP · 500 m
A rotating 3D view of global land cover for 2024, derived from MODIS satellite data. Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom — green areas are forest, yellow and tan are cropland and grassland, grey is bare ground or urban, and white marks snow and ice.
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Evergreen forest
Deciduous forest
Mixed / woody savanna
Grassland / savanna
Shrubland
Cropland
Urban
Water
MODIS Combined Terra + Aqua · IGBP Land Cover Type 1 · 500 m · 2024 · NASA GIBS / LP DAAC
Land Cover Change — 2001 to 2024 Global · 2001–2024 · MODIS IGBP · 500 m
Annual land cover classification from MODIS satellite data. Dark greens are forest — watch the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia as cropland and urban areas expand across two decades.
24 years of satellite imagery
The animation downloads 24 annual frames — one per year from 2001 to 2024. Each frame is a full-world image at 500 m resolution. This may take a moment on slower connections.
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Evergreen forest
Deciduous forest
Mixed / woody savanna
Grassland / savanna
Shrubland
Cropland
Urban
Water
MODIS Combined Terra + Aqua · IGBP Land Cover Type 1 · 500 m · Annual 2001–2024 · NASA GIBS / LP DAAC