The Democratic Republic of Congo FACET Atlas and data are now available for download from: ftp://congo.iluci.org/FACET/ 
•	High resolution DRC Forest Change Atlas PDF, subdivided into 12 individual .rar compressed folders (approx. 50MB each): DRC_FACET_atlas_HR_part01.rar to DRC_FACET_atlas_HR_part12.rar 
•	High resolution DRC Forest Change Atlas PDF, unzipped PDF (565MB): DRC_FACET_Atlas_HR.pdf 
•	Low resolution DRC Forest Change Atlas PDF, unzipped PDF (47 MB): DRC_FACET_Atlas_LR.pdf 
•	DRC Forest cover change classified image (56MB): FACET_forest_cover_change_image.zip 
•	Landsat mosaics of the periods 2000 – 2005 and 2005 – 2010, subdivided into 4 parts (approx.300MB each): landsat_mosaic_2000_2005.part1.rar to landsat_mosaic_2000_2005.part4.rar and landsat_mosaic_2005_2010 .part1.rar to landsat_mosaic_2005_2010.part4.rar 
 The image composites and the high resolution atlas are very large files (about 1GB each for the composites and 500MB for the atlas) so they have been provided as a multi-part RAR files. 
The format .rar is simply a compressed folder that will recompose itself when you extract it. The downloads will be quicker this way and data corruption due to long download times will be less likely. 
Here is what to do with the RAR files you have downloaded.  
1.	Download and install winRAR (windows) or the unarchiver (mac) from the same ftp folder as above, or http://www.win-rar.com/download.html and http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html D
2.	Download all the RAR parts. Keep them in the same folder. 
3.	When all the parts are downloaded, double click on one of the RAR parts – It will recompose the parts into one file. 
 
The classified image and the two landsat mosaics contain a readme file. 
Citation information for the atlas:
Forêts d’Afrique centrale évaluées par télédétection (FACET), 2010. Étendue et perte du couvert forestier en République démocratique du Congo de 2000 à 2010. Publié par l’université d’État du Dakota du Sud, Brookings, Dakota du Sud, États-Unis d’Amérique
ISBN: 978-0-9797182-5-0
© Observatoire satellital des forêts d’Afrique centrale, 2010

Citation information for the data: 
Prepared by:
Observatoire satellital des forêts d’Afrique centrale (OSFAC), 
South Dakota State University (SDSU), 
University of Maryland (UMD)
© OSFAC, 2010
 
Please let us know of any publications or formal use that you make of these data and products, and remember to reference the material according to the readme files.