Validation data set on land cover changes for RapidAI4EO project

For the validation of the monthly land cover maps at a 3m and at a 10m resolution a reference dataset was collected under WP5 over 3 areas of interest in Belgium, Italy and Portugal. The data set has been collected by using Geo-Wiki toolbox for visual interpretation of very high-resolution images, including Planet data and Google maps. Each reference sample site corresponds to a 30m-by-30m box and includes information about monthly land cover type over the period 2018-2020. Land cover legend is the same as in ESA WorldCover map at a 10m resolution.

The reference dataset is available on Zenodo https://zenodo.org/record/7825963