Land Cover Map 2000 (25m raster, GB)
This dataset consists of a 25m resolution raster version of the Land Cover Map 2000 for Great Britain. Each 25m pixel represents a 25m area of land cover target class, broadly representing Broad Habitats (see below). The dataset is part of a series of data products produced by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology known as LCM2000. LCM2000 is a parcel-based thematic classification of satellite image data covering the entire United Kingdom. The map updates and upgrades the Land Cover Map of Great Britain (LCMGB) 1990. Like the earlier 1990 products, LCM2000 is derived from a computer classification of satellite scenes obtained mainly from Landsat, IRS and SPOT sensors and also incorporates information derived from other ancillary datasets. LCM2000 was classified using a nomenclature corresponding to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompasses the entire range of UK habitats. In addition, it recorded further detail where possible. The series of LCM2000 products includes vector and raster formats, with a number of different versions containing varying levels of detail and at different spatial resolutions. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/f802edfc-86b7-4ab9-b8fa-87e9135237c9
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- utf8
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2002-01-01
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2000-01-01
- Identifier
- CEH:EIDC: / 1287415172209
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/f802edfc-86b7-4ab9-b8fa-87e9135237c9
- Other citation details
- Fuller, R.M., Smith, G.M., Sanderson J.M., Hill, R.A., Thomson, A.G, Cox, R., Brown, N.J., Clarke, R.T, Rothery, P., Gerard, F.F. (2002). Land Cover Map 2000 (25m raster, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/f802edfc-86b7-4ab9-b8fa-87e9135237c9
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- Land Cover
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Controlled
- Use constraints
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- Other constraints
- Licence terms and conditions apply
- Use constraints
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- Other constraints
- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Fuller, R.M., Smith, G.M., Sanderson J.M., Hill, R.A., Thomson, A.G, Cox, R., Brown, N.J., Clarke, R.T, Rothery, P., Gerard, F.F. (2002). Land Cover Map 2000 (25m raster, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f802edfc-86b7-4ab9-b8fa-87e9135237c9
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Distance
- 25 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Topic category
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
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- Begin date
- 2000-01-01
- End date
- 2000-12-31
Distribution Information
- Data format
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- Download the data
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Supporting information
Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset
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Supporting information
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- Quality Scope
- dataset
- Other
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- In a major development of earlier methods, LCM2000 used image segmentation to identify land parcels in the pixel-based images. An automated procedure grouped the image pixels into spectrally 'uniform' segments. These were built around 'seedpoints' selected to avoid parcel boundaries. The segmentation recorded a field-by-field pattern, also separating land use zones within urban and suburban areas, and subdividing mosaics of semi-natural vegetation. Generalisation gave minimum mappable units of a half hectare. A 'vector' version was then created in the geographical information system (GIS), where the boundaries between the pixel-based segments were represented by digital linework. The resultant land parcels were treated as GIS objects to which attribute data could then be attached covering such topics as land cover class, parcel area, length of boundary, processing history, knowledge-based correction and identification of the original satellite scene. The raster products have been derived from the vector dataset. LCM2000 was produced at CEH Monks Wood. For further information on the methodology developed and used to create Land Cover Map 2000, see the on-line supporting documentation.
Metadata
- File identifier
- f802edfc-86b7-4ab9-b8fa-87e9135237c9 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)
- Resource type
- dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-14T15:54:02
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Lancaster
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LA1 4AP
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UK
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