Based on codes from Christy Rollinson and from Max Joseph (http://mbjoseph.github.io/2014/11/08/nlcd.html)

extract_NLCD(buffer, coords, data_dir = NULL, con = NULL,
  year = 2011)

Arguments

buffer

search radius (meters)

coords

data frame containing elements 'long' and 'lat'. Currently just supports single point extraction.

data_dir

directory where input data is located. Can be NUL if con is specified

con

connection to PEcAn database. Can be NULL if data_dir is specified

Value

dataframe of fractional cover of different cover classes