Land Cover Map 2000 (vector, GB)
This dataset consists of the vector version of the Land Cover Map 2000 for Great Britain, containing individual parcels of land cover (the highest available resolution). Level 2 & Level 3 attributes are available. Level 2, the standard level of detail, provides 26 LCM2000 target or ('sub') classes. This is the most widely used version of the dataset. Level 3 gives higher class detail. However, the quality of this level of detail may vary in different areas of the country, requiring expert interpretation. 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/b79e887e-a2a7-4224-8fd7-e78066b950b3
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- b79e887e-a2a7-4224-8fd7-e78066b950b3 XML
- Resource type
- dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Spatial representation type
- vector
Encoding
- Format
- Shapefile
Projection
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- Land Cover
Geographic coverage
N
S
E
W
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2002-01-01
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2000-01-01
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- 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 on-line supporting documentation.
- Distance
- 5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
- Access constraints
- Controlled
- Access constraints
- Bespoke licensing terms apply to these data. If you choose to download the data, the CEH Data Licensing team will contact you to negotiate a licence
- Access 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 (vector, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b79e887e-a2a7-4224-8fd7-e78066b950b3
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Natural Environment Research Council
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Natural Environment Research Council
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- info@eidc.ac.uk
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-14T15:54:02
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- utf8