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Land Cover Map 2000 (1km dominant aggregate class, GB)

This dataset consists of a 1km resolution raster version of the Land Cover Map 2000 for Great Britain. Each 1km pixel represents the dominant aggregate class across the 1km area. The aggregate classes are aggregations of the target classes, 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). 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/b8b8a266-9162-40d8-98a6-f44178d31543

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Date (Publication)
2002-08-01
Date (Creation)
2000-01-01
Identifier
CEH:EIDC: / 1287419075932
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b8b8a266-9162-40d8-98a6-f44178d31543
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/b8b8a266-9162-40d8-98a6-f44178d31543
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 (1km dominant aggregate class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/b8b8a266-9162-40d8-98a6-f44178d31543
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Morton, D.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Fuller, R.M.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Smith, G.M.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Sanderson, J.M.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Hill, R.A.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Thomson, A.G.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Cox, R.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Brown, N.J.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Clarke, R.T.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Rothery, P.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Gerard, F.F.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-5174
Owner
  Natural Environment Research Council
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Land Cover
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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 (1km dominant aggregate class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b8b8a266-9162-40d8-98a6-f44178d31543
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Distance
1000  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
Begin date
2000-01-01
End date
2000-12-31
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Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Distribution format
  • ESRI ASCII GRID format ()

  • ESRI .hdr RAW raster ()

  • TIFF ()

Distributor
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
OnLine resource
CEH Website

Further information about CEH land cover products.

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
In a major development of the 1990 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 information.
File identifier
b8b8a266-9162-40d8-98a6-f44178d31543 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Hierarchy level name
dataset
Date stamp
2025-03-24T09:01:30
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
 
 

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Land Cover

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