Land Cover Map 1990 (1km dominant aggregate class, GB)
This dataset consists of the 1km raster, dominant aggregate class version of the Land Cover Map 1990 (LCM1990) for Great Britain. The 1km dominant coverage product is based on the 1km percentage product and reports the aggregated habitat class with the highest percentage cover for each 1km pixel. The 10 aggregate classes are groupings of 21 target classes, which are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. The aggregate classes group some of the more specialised classes into more general categories. For example, the five coastal classes in the target class are grouped into a single aggregate coastal class. 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. LCM1990 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the UK 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 UK CEH web site and the LCM1990 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs. 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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/84c07c67-88a4-439a-a339-b0577afd3886
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/84c07c67-88a4-439a-a339-b0577afd3886
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eng
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
environment
Land Cover
publication
2008-06-01
UK-SCAPE
-8.648
1.768
60.861
49.864
1990-01-01
1990-12-31
publication
2020-10-09
The 1km dominant cover aggregate class is produced from the 1km percentage cover aggregate class product. The 1km percentage cover data is used to identify the highest percentage cover across the 10 bands and a script is used to identify with which band the maximum value coincides.
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2010-12-08
TIFF
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rowland, C.S., Marston, C.G., Morton, R.D., O’Neil, A.W. (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km dominant aggregate class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/84c07c67-88a4-439a-a339-b0577afd3886
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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