 The conceptual framework presented in this paper aims to develop a collaborative global land cover information service, Kogland, to promote the development of global land cover information services, support resource sharing and cross-border collaboration needs, and benefit several recent international initiatives such as Future Earth. Kogland can be developed within the framework of the Group on Earth Observations with the support of key organizations such as the United Nations Expert Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management, the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and International Society of Digital Earth.