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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ESSDD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Earth System Science Data Discussions</journal-title>
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<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1866-3591</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/essd-2025-44</article-id>
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<article-title>CropLayer: A high-accuracy 2-meter resolution cropland mapping dataset for China in 2020 derived from Mapbox and Google satellite imagery using data-driven approaches</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jiang</surname>
<given-names>Hao</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5122-0412</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ku</surname>
<given-names>Mengjun</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhou</surname>
<given-names>Xia</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zheng</surname>
<given-names>Qiong</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Yangxiaoyue</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-117X</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Xu</surname>
<given-names>Jianhui</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Dan</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Chongyang</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8495-1262</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wei</surname>
<given-names>Jiayi</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Jing</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chen</surname>
<given-names>Shuisen</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Huang</surname>
<given-names>Jianxi</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Remote Sensing Big Data Application, Key Lab of Guangdong  for Utilization of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangdong  Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geomatics Engineering, School of Traffic &amp; Transportation Engineering, Changsha University of Science &amp;  Technology, Changsha 410114, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information Systems, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural  Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Faculty of Geosciences and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>12</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>34</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Hao Jiang et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<p>Accurate and detailed cropland maps are essential for agricultural planning, resource management, and food security, particularly in countries like China, where agricultural productivity is high but resources are limited. Despite the availability of several medium-to-high-resolution satellite-based cropland maps, significant discrepancies in area estimates and spatial distribution persist, limiting their utility. This study proposes a data-driven framework for cropland mapping that leverages 2 m High Resolution (HR) imagery from Mapbox and Google. The framework consists of three main stages: First, national imagery is partitioned into 0.05&amp;deg;&amp;times;0.05&amp;deg; blocks for efficient parallel computation. An Image Quality Assessment (IQA) using ResNet models is performed on both sources to address the challenge of missing image acquisition metadata. Second, a robust cropland identification model integrates Mask2Former for precise segmentation and XGBoost for error evaluation, facilitating iterative improvements through active learning. Finally, a novel integration strategy combines four feature groups&amp;mdash;Geography, IQA, Region Property, and Consistency&amp;mdash;using XGBoost to merge the datasets into a unified cropland layer, named Croplayer. The Croplayer dataset achieves an overall mapping accuracy of 88.73 %, with 30 out of 32 provincial units reporting area estimates within &amp;plusmn;10 % of official statistics. In contrast, only 1 to 9 provinces from seven other existing datasets meet the same accuracy standard. The results highlight Croplayer&apos;s potential for applications such as crop yield estimation and agricultural structure analysis, offering a reliable tool for addressing agricultural and food security challenges.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>42071417</award-id>
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