THIS DATASET HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED The latest version is Land Cover Map 1990 (25m raster, GB) v2
The original 1990 Land Cover Map data set had a different spatial structure and set of land cover classes to the Land Cover Maps from 2015 onwards. To facilitate change mapping Land Cover Map 1990 has been recreated with the same thematic and spatial structures as the Land Cover Maps from 2015 onward. The new version supersedes this old version.
If you need access to the archived version, please contact the EIDC
Fuller, R.M.; Groom, G.B.; Jones, A.R.; Thomson, A.G.
Land Cover Map 1990 (25m raster, GB)
(LCMGB (25m raster, GB))
(Land Cover Map of Great Britain (25m raster, GB))
https://doi.org/10.5285/3d974cbe-743d-41da-a2e1-f28753f13d1e
Cite this dataset as:
Fuller, R.M.; Groom, G.B.; Jones, A.R.; Thomson, A.G. (1993). Land Cover Map 1990 (25m raster, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3d974cbe-743d-41da-a2e1-f28753f13d1e
Download/Access
THIS DATASET HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED The latest version is Land Cover Map 1990 (25m raster, GB) v2
The original 1990 Land Cover Map data set had a different spatial structure and set of land cover classes to the Land Cover Maps from 2015 onwards. To facilitate change mapping Land Cover Map 1990 has been recreated with the same thematic and spatial structures as the Land Cover Maps from 2015 onward. The new version supersedes this old version.
If you need access to the archived version, please contact the EIDC
This dataset consists of the 25m raster version of the Land Cover Map 1990 (LCM1990) for Great Britain. The 25m raster product consists of three bands: Band 1 - raster representation of the majority (dominant) class per polygon for 21 target classes; Band 2 - mean per polygon probability as reported by the Random Forest classifier (see supporting information); Band 3 - percentage of the polygon covered by the majority class. The 21 target classes are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. This dataset is derived from the vector version of the Land Cover Map, which contains individual parcels of land cover and is the highest available spatial resolution. The 25m raster is the most detailed of the LCM1990 raster products both thematically and spatially, and it is used to derive the 1km products.
LCM1990 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images (mainly from 1989 and 1990) into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. It is the first in a series of land cover maps for the UK, which also includes maps for 2000, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
LCM1990 consists of a range of raster and vector products and users should familiarise themselves with the full range (see related records, the CEH web site and the LCM1990 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs.
LCM1990 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images (mainly from 1989 and 1990) into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. It is the first in a series of land cover maps for the UK, which also includes maps for 2000, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
LCM1990 consists of a range of raster and vector products and users should familiarise themselves with the full range (see related records, the CEH web site and the LCM1990 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs.
Publication date: 1993-01-01
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Formats
ESRI ASCII grid, ESRI .hdr RAW raster, TIFF
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
Temporal extent
1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31
Provenance & quality
The 25m raster product is the most detailed of the LCM1990 raster products, both thematically and spatially, and it is derived from the LCM1990 vector product. For LCM1990 per-pixel classifications were conducted, using a random forest classification algorithm. The resultant classifications were then mosaicked together, with the best classifications taking priority. This produced a per-pixel classification of the UK, which was then 'imported' into the spatial framework, recording a number of attributes, including the majority class per polygon which is the Land Cover class for each polygon. The 25m raster product consists of three bands: Band 1 - raster representation of the majority (dominant) class per-polygon for the 21 target classes; Band2 - mean per polygon probability as reported by the Random Forest classifier; Band 3 -percentage of polygon covered by the majority class
Citations
Macgregor, C.J., Williams, J.H., Bell, J.R., & Thomas, C.D. (2019). Moth biomass increases and decreases over 50 years in Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3(12), 1645–1649. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1028-6
Correspondence/contact details
Morton, 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
Fuller, R.M.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Groom, G.B.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Jones, A.R.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Thomson, A.G.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Other contacts
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Owner
Natural Environment Research Council
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk