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Morton, R.D.; Rowland, C.S.; Wood, C.M.; Meek, L.; Marston, C.G.; Smith, G.M.

Land Cover Map 2007 (1km percentage aggregate class, GB) v1.2

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https://doi.org/10.5285/289805c2-4be7-4fb5-b6ec-1539ed88c43d
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This dataset consists of a 1km resolution raster version of the Land Cover Map 2007 for Great Britain. The raster consists of 10 bands. Within each band, each 1km pixel represents a percentage cover value for one of 10 aggregate classes. 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 LCM2007. LCM2007 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 and LCM2000. Like the earlier 1990 and 2000 products, LCM2007 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. LCM2007 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 LCM2007 products includes vector and raster formats, with a number of different versions containing varying levels of detail and at different spatial resolutions.
Publication date: 2014-07-23
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Formats

ASCII grid, TIFF

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2005-09-02    to    2008-07-18

Provenance & quality

LCM2007 uses a spatial framework based on OS MasterMap (R). MasterMap was generalised to remove unnecessary detail, then the framework was segmented according to the underlying satellite data to split areas of non-uniform landscape. The data was classified according to a parcel-based supervised maximum likelihood classification procedure. The raster products are derived from the vector products. Version 1.2 includes the addition of OS tiles NW and HZ. See online supporting documentation for further details.

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Licence for Land Cover Map 1km products

Cite this dataset as:
Morton, R.D.; Rowland, C.S.; Wood, C.M.; Meek, L.; Marston, C.G.; Smith, G.M. (2014). Land Cover Map 2007 (1km percentage aggregate class, GB) v1.2. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/289805c2-4be7-4fb5-b6ec-1539ed88c43d

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This dataset is included in the following collections

Land Cover Map 2007

Citations

Dennis, E. B., Morgan, B. J. T., Freeman, S. N., Ridout, M. S., Brereton, T. M., Fox, R., … Roy, D. B. (2017). Efficient occupancy model-fitting for extensive citizen-science data. PLOS ONE, 12(3), e0174433. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174433
Dennis, E.B., Morgan, B.J.T., Roy, D.B., & Brereton, T.M. (2017). Urban indicators for UK butterflies. Ecological Indicators, 76, 184–193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.01.009

Supplemental information

R.D. Morton, C. Rowland, C. Wood, L. Meek, C. Marston, G. Smith, R. Wadsworth, I. Simpson. July 2011 CS Technical Report No 11/07: Final Report for LCM2007 - the new UK land cover map. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH Project Number NEC03259).

Correspondence/contact details

Morton, R.D.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Morton, R.D.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Rowland, C.S.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Wood, C.M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Meek, L.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Marston, C.G.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Smith, G.M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Other contacts

Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
INSPIRE theme
Land Cover
Keywords
England , Great Britain , Land cover , Scotland , Wales
Last updated
21 March 2025 09:20