Identification

Title

Vegetated Shingle Habitat Map

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

A vegetated shingle habitat map derived from airborne data. The habitat map is a polygon shapefile showing site relevant habitat classes – this is a merged product of multiple sites across multiple years. The habitat map is derived from CASI (Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager) multispectral data, LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) elevation data, and other GIS products. The classification also uses ground data collected after the CASI capture. The ground data is used to identify the characteristics of the different habitats in the CASI and LIDAR data. These characteristics are then used to classify the different habitats and fit them into one of the predefined classes. The collection of ground data used in the classification has some limitations. It is not collected at the same time as the CASI or LIDAR; it is normally within a couple of months of CASI capture, therefore some variations between the CASI data and situation on site at the time of ground data collection are possible. A good spatial coverage of ground data around the site is recommended, although not always practically achievable. For a class to be mapped, there must have been samples collected for it on site. If the class is not seen on site or samples are not collected for a class, it cannot be mapped. The habitat map was created using a supervised classification, which means ground data were used to train the model. The classifications had a quantitative accuracy assessment carried out on them in the form of a confusion matrix using ground data set aside and not used in training the classifier. Alongside this aerial photography captured simultaneously with the CASI data was used to check and make final improvements to the habitat map. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-FGDB.zip

protocol: http

name: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-FGDB.zip

description: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-FGDB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-GeoJSON.zip

protocol: http

name: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-GeoJSON.zip

description: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-GeoJSON.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-GML.zip

protocol: http

name: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-GML.zip

description: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-GML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-KML.zip

protocol: http

name: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-KML.zip

description: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-KML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-MID_MIF.zip

protocol: http

name: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-MID_MIF.zip

description: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-MID_MIF.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-SHP.zip

protocol: http

name: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-SHP.zip

description: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-SHP.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-TAB.zip

protocol: http

name: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-TAB.zip

description: VegetatedShingleHabitatMap-TAB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_Using_CASI_and_LIDAR.lyr

protocol: http

name: Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_Using_CASI_and_LIDAR.lyr

description: Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_Using_CASI_and_LIDAR.lyr download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=52cac785-96be-4bab-b5b6-d742bc531cef&fileName=Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_Using_CASI_and_LIDAR_Readme.pdf

protocol: http

name: Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_Using_CASI_and_LIDAR_Readme.pdf

description: Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_Using_CASI_and_LIDAR_Readme.pdf download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/explore/8f51abc1-2d6c-4aa3-a5ec-f8dafab94ebb?download=true

protocol: http

name: Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_Download

description: Download data by area of interest

https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/vegetated-shingle-habitat-map/wms

protocol: http

name: Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_WMS

description: Vegetated Shingle Habitat Map WMS

https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/vegetated-shingle-habitat-map/wfs

protocol: http

name: Vegetated_Shingle_Habitat_Map_WFS

description: Vegetated Shingle Habitat Map WFS

Unique resource identifier

code

8f51abc1-2d6c-4aa3-a5ec-f8dafab94ebb_resource

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

environment

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2018-06-01

End position

2020-09-01

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2018-06-01

date type

revision

effective date

2022-10-14

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

A vegetated shingle habitat map derived from airborne data. The habitat map is a polygon shapefile showing site relevant habitat classes – this is a merged product of multiple sites across multiple years. The habitat map is derived from CASI (Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager) multispectral data, LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) elevation data, and other GIS products. The classification also uses ground data collected after the CASI capture. The habitat map was created using a supervised classification, which means ground data were used to train the model. The classifications had a quantitative accuracy assessment carried out on them in the form of a confusion matrix using ground data set aside and not used in training the classifier. Alongside this aerial photography captured simultaneously with the CASI data was used to check and make final improvements to the habitat map.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Shapefile (SHP)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://environment.data.gov.uk/support

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-12-18

Metadata language

eng