Identification

Title

Land Cover Map 2023 (10m classified pixels, N. Ireland)

Abstract

This is a 10m pixel data set representing the land surface of Northern Ireland, classified into 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. It is a two-band raster in GeoTiff format. The first band gives the most likely land cover type; the second band gives the per-parcel probability of the land cover. A full description of this and all UKCEH LCM2023 products are available from the LCM2023 product documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/17223091-ca33-41f8-bd5b-bdd2a222cdae

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://order-eidc.ceh.ac.uk/resources/G9G5BMK3/order

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/17223091-ca33-41f8-bd5b-bdd2a222cdae.zip

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/17223091-ca33-41f8-bd5b-bdd2a222cdae

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Land Cover

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.178

East bounding longitude

-5.432

North bounding latitude

55.313

South bounding latitude

54.022

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2023-01-01

End position

2023-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2024-05-20

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

UKCEH’s automated land cover algorithms classify 10 m pixels across the whole of UK. Training data were automatically selected from stable land covers over the interval of 2020 to 2022. A Random Forest classifier used these to classify four composite images representing per season median surface reflectance. Seasonal images were integrated with context layers (e.g., height, aspect, slope, coastal proximity, urban proximity and so forth) to reduce confusion among classes with similar spectra. Land cover was validated by organising the 10 m pixel classification into a land parcel framework (the LCM2023 classified land parcels product). 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. The 25m rasterised land parcels product is created by pixelating the corresponding land parcel product.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

TIFF

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Controlled

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Morton, R.D., Marston, C.G, O’Neil, A.W., Rowland, C.S. (2024). Land Cover Map 2023 (10m classified pixels, N. Ireland). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/17223091-ca33-41f8-bd5b-bdd2a222cdae

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-2187

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