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Morton, R.D.; Marston, C.G.; O’Neil, A.W.; Rowland, C.S.

Land Cover Map 2019 (land parcels, GB)

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https://doi.org/10.5285/44c23778-4a73-4a8f-875f-89b23b91ecf8
This is the land parcels (polygon) dataset for the UKCEH Land Cover Map of 2019 (LCM2019) representing Great Britain. It describes Great Britain's land cover in 2019 using UKCEH Land Cover Classes, which are based on UK Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. This dataset was derived from the corresponding LCM2019 20m classified pixels dataset. All further LCM2019 datasets for Great Britain are derived from this land parcel product. A range of land parcel attributes are provided. These include the dominant UKCEH Land Cover Class given as an integer value, and a range of per-parcel pixel statistics to help to assess classification confidence and accuracy; for a full explanation please refer to the dataset documentation.

LCM2019 represents a suite of geospatial land cover datasets (raster and polygon) describing the UK land surface in 2019. These were produced at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images from 2019. LCM2019 was simultaneously released with LCM2017 and LCM2018. These are the latest in a series of UKCEH land cover maps, which began with the 1990 Land Cover Map of Great Britain (now usually referred to as LCM1990) followed by UK-wide land cover maps LCM2000, LCM2007 and LCM2015.

This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.
Publication date: 2020-06-22
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Format

SQLite

Spatial information

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

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2019-01-01    to    2019-12-31

Provenance & quality

The Land Parcels datasets of the LCM2017, LCM2018 and LCM2019 product range were derived from the corresponding 20m Classified Pixels datasets. They give per-parcel land cover information in 21 classes based on UK Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. A UK spatial framework of land parcels (vector-polygons) representing real-world objects (for example: fields, lakes, urban areas and so forth) was intersected with the 20m Classified Pixels to generate per-parcel pixel statistics. These include a histogram recording pixel frequency per land cover class, the modal land cover class, the total number of pixels and three attribute indicators of classification confidence. Land parcel classification results were validated against independently collected ground observations. All calculations were performed within a PosGIS database. Results were extracted from PostGIS using the QGIS export facility to give the final product as a SpatiaLite vector geodatabse. SpatiaLite is an open standard file format for geospatial vector databases and SpatiLite files can be read by most GIS software.

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Bespoke licensing conditions apply to these data. If you choose to download the data, the UKCEH Data Licensing team will contact you to negotiate a licence.

Cite this dataset as:
Morton, R.D.; Marston, C.G.; O’Neil, A.W.; Rowland, C.S. (2020). Land Cover Map 2019 (land parcels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/44c23778-4a73-4a8f-875f-89b23b91ecf8

Related

This dataset is included in the following collections

Land Cover Map 2019

Citations

Andries, A., Murphy, R. J., Morse, S., & Lynch, J. (2021). Earth Observation for Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification within Environmental Land Management Policy. In Sustainability (Vol. 13, Issue 16, p. 9105). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169105
Buxton, A., Diana, A., Matechou, E., Griffin, J., & Griffiths, R.A. (2022). Reliability of environmental DNA surveys to detect pond occupancy by newts at a national scale. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05442-1
Gazzard, A., Yarnell, R.W., & Baker, P.J. (2022). Fine-scale habitat selection of a small mammalian urban adapter: the West European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). Mammalian Biology, 102(2), 387-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00251-5
Marston, C.G., O’Neil, A.W., Morton, R.D., Wood, C.M., & Rowland, C.S. (2023). LCM2021 – the UK Land Cover Map 2021. In Earth System Science Data (Vol. 15, Issue 10, pp. 4631–4649). Copernicus GmbH. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4631-2023
Adams, K.J., Macleod, C.A.J., Metzger, M.J., Melville, N., Helliwell, R.C., Pritchard, J. & Glendell, M. (2023) Developing a Bayesian network model for understanding river catchment resilience under future change scenarios. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 27, 2205–2225. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2205-2023
Sánchez-García, C., Button, E.S., Wynne-Jones, S., Porter, H., Rugg, I. & Hannam, J.A. (2023) Finding common ground: Co-producing national soil policy in Wales through academic and government collaboration. Soil Security 11, 100095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100095
Gardner, E., Robinson, R.A., Julian, A. et al. A family of process-based models to simulate landscape use by multiple taxa. Landsc Ecol 39, 102 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01866-4
Office for National Statistics (2022). Saltmarsh flood mitigation in England and Wales,: 2022. Office for National Statistics. https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/floodmitigationbysaltmarshinenglandandwales

Correspondence/contact details

Dr. Dan Morton
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.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Marston, C.G.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
O’Neil, A.W.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Rowland, C.S.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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
Great Britain , Land cover , LCM2019 , Mapping , UK-SCAPE , Vector
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1
Last updated
11 September 2024 07:46