Published May 11, 2026 | Version v1
Dataset

CORINE Land Cover 2018 (vector 100m), Europe, 6-yearly, indexed Geopackage

Description

Provides pan-European CORINE Land Cover inventory for 44 thematic classes for the 2018 reference year. The dataset has a Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU) of 25 hectares (ha) for areal phenomena and a Minimum Mapping Width (MMW) of 100 m for linear phenomena and is available as vector data. Added OBJECTID, ID and Area_Ha column indexes (u2018_clc_2018_v2020_20u1_idx) to Geopackage.

Original data: https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/corine-land-cover/clc2018

Original data DOI: https://doi.org/10.2909/71c95a07-e296-44fc-b22b-415f42acfdf0

Accessing indexed geopackage as a direct data source using OGR/GDAL commands: 

Example 1: ogrinfo /vsicurl/https://aquainfra-aau.a3s.fi/europe/U2018_CLC2018_V2020_20u1_index.gpkg

Example 2: (sql query, json output): ogrinfo /vsicurl/https://aquainfra-aau.a3s.fi/europe/U2018_CLC2018_V2020_20u1_index.gpkg -sql "SELECT * FROM U2018_CLC2018_V2020_20u1 WHERE OBJECTID='2062266'" -json

The file can also be used directly in QGIS.

Additional details

Dates

Created
2026-04-28
Added column indexes to geopackage

AquaINFRA Metadata

Resource
Name : CORINE Land Cover 2018 (vector 100m), Europe, 6-yearly, indexed Geopackage

Locations

Europe Envelope:
(CORINE Land Cover 2018 (vector 100m), Europe, 6-yearly, indexed Geopackage)