5. Land Use Selection Factors.

The USGS land cover map was simply interpreted with respect to seven primary land use categories. Vineyards can be developed in either forest or agriculture land use categories. It should be noted that the data was collated in the 1970’s and there have been land use changes since then.

Figure. New York land use. Data presented at a 1km2 resolution.

Methodology for construction of this map

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