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Land Cover Map 2015 (vector, GB)

Rowland, Clare; Morton, Daniel; Carrasco Tornero, Luis; McShane, Gareth; O'Neil, Aneurin; Wood, Claire. Land Cover Map 2015 (vector, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 12 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.5285/6c6c9203-7333-4d96-88ab-78925e7a4e73 [Output (Electronic)]

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Abstract/Summary

This dataset consists of the vector version of the Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015) for Great Britain. The vector data set is the core LCM data set from which the full range of other LCM2015 products is derived. It provides a number of attributes including land cover at the target class level (given as an integer value and also as text), the number of pixels within the polygon classified as each land cover type and a probability value provided by the classification algorithm (for full details see the LCM2015 Dataset Documentation). The 21 target classes are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. LCM2015 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images from 2014 and 2015 into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. It is the latest in a series of land cover maps, which began with Land Cover Map of Great Britain (LCMGB) in 1990 (LCMGB is now often referred to as LCM1990), and was followed by Land Cover Maps for 2000 and 2007 (LCM2000 and LCM2007 respectively), both of which covered the entire UK. LCM2015 consists of a range of raster and vector products and users should familiarise themselves with the full range (see related records, the CEH web site and the LCM2015 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs.

Item Type: Output (Electronic)
Electronic Identifier / URL / DOI: https://doi.org/10.5285/6c6c9203-7333-4d96-88ab-78925e7a4e73
Date made live: 24 Apr 2017 08:49 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516841

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