10.5285/3D974CBE-743D-41DA-A2E1-F28753F13D1E
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
Land Cover Map 1990 (25m raster, GB)
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
1993
habitat
land cover
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
Dr. Dan Morton
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
https://ror.org/04xw4m193
1993-01-01
en
CEH:EIDC:#1292507524532
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/3d974cbe-743d-41da-a2e1-f28753f13d1e
10.5285/1be1912a-916e-42c0-98cc-16460fac00e8
10.1038/s41559-019-1028-6
ESRI ASCII grid
ESRI .hdr RAW raster
image/tiff TIFF
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.
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
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