Land Cover Map 2020 (land parcels, GB)
This is a polygon (land parcel) dataset describing the entire land surface of GB in 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats.
Each land parcel contains attributes which include the land cover type and classification confidence.
Full details of this and all UKCEH LCM2020 products are available from the LCM2020 product documentation which accompanies this data.
Each land parcel contains attributes which include the land cover type and classification confidence.
Full details of this and all UKCEH LCM2020 products are available from the LCM2020 product documentation which accompanies this data.
Publication date: 2021-10-13
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Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Provenance & quality
UKCEH’s automated land cover classification algorithms generated 10m classified pixels. For this, training data were automatically selected from stable land covers over the interval of 2017 to 2019. A Random Forest classifier used these to classify 10m resolution composite images representing per season median surface reflectance. Seasonal composite images were integrated with context layers (e.g., height, aspect, slope, coastal proximity, urban proximity and so forth) to reduce classification confusion among classes with similar spectra.
Land cover was validated by organising the 10m pixel classification into a land parcel spatial framework). The classified land parcels were compared to known land cover producing a confusion matrix to determine overall and per class accuracy. Details are available from the product documentation.
Land cover was validated by organising the 10m pixel classification into a land parcel spatial framework). The classified land parcels were compared to known land cover producing a confusion matrix to determine overall and per class accuracy. Details are available from the product documentation.
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Citations
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
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
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3947-6463 Other contacts
- Rights holder
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- environment
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover - INSPIRE theme
- Land Cover
- Keywords
- Acid Grassland , Arable and Horticulture , bog , Broadleaved woodland , Calcareous Grassland , coniferous forest , Coniferous woodland , deciduous wood , Fen, Marsh and Swamp , freshwater , grassland , habitat , Heather , Heather grassland , Improved grassland , Inland Rock , land cover , Land cover , LCM2020 , littoral , Littoral Rock , Littoral Sediment , Mapping , Neutral Grassland , salt marsh , salt water , Suburban , Supralittoral Rock , Supralittoral Sediment , UK BAP Broad Habitats , Urban , urban area , Vector
- Last updated
- 18 April 2024 15:06