Given the different strengths and weaknesses of national and global LULCC mapping efforts, there seem to be some possibilities to combine national and global data sets for more effective LULCC monitoring and/or modeling, especially if the data sets have similar spatial resolutions. For example, if a national data set has very detailed LULC information (e.g. many LULC classes) but a low temporal resolution, it may be useful to combine it with a global data set having a higher temporal resolution (but less detailed LULC information) to better assess the rates of change of at least some types of LULC of interest (e.g. forests). In comparison, previous studies on LULC map integration have mainly focused on combining existing maps to generate a more accurate single-date LULC map