8-3. Reuse the World Cover layer

We do not need a new layer for this tutorial. We will use the World Cover 2021 WMS layer built in 2-9. Add a WMS data source as the starting point for this exercise.

1. In the Layers tab, find the World Cover 2021 layer in the Land Cover interface group

   • edit its name to:

     World Cover 2021 with statistics
     

   • update the layer description with the following user guidance:

     A 10 meter resolution global land cover product for the year 2021, developed and validated in near-real time based on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data.  Data is provided with statistics for NUTS (Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics) boundaries.  Select the "statistics" tab and click on a feature to view.
     

2. Confirm the layer has its World Cover categories defined. If you completed 5. Categorical data they are already there. If not, add them now via Data Visualisation → Categories → Edit, either with Copy from layer or by importing the World Cover class CSV, and set the legend type to Swatch.

   Categories drive the statistics display

   The statistics files store an area per class value. Without the category list the Explorer can only show raw numbers; with it, each entry gets its label and colour.

Did you remember to export?