Identification

Title

EUNIS Land Cover Scotland

Abstract

This is a Scotland raster based (10m) landcover made up of best available national data classified according to the EUNIS (EUropean Nature Information System). The main purpose of the landcover is to provide well-known, nationally consistent information for SNH’s national habitat network models. Secondary purposes include input for other analysis projects as well as map backdrops.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

EUNIS10_SCT

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

biota

environment

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

planningCadastre

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Land management

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-05-23

Keyword set

keyword value

land ecology

habitat

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2009-07-13

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected sites

Land cover

Habitats and biotopes

Bio-geographical regions

Species distribution

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

Orthoimagery

Land use

Cadastral parcels

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.65000722346228

East bounding longitude

-0.724443780321123

North bounding latitude

60.8607664336448

South bounding latitude

54.6332382494092

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-11-25

date type

publication

effective date

2014-11-25

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The landcover is an amalgamation of data collected from several data sources and converted into the EUNIS habitat classification system (http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/index.jsp). The ingoing data comes from the following datasets (listed in ranking order): 1. OSMM built features and water features (Ordnance Survey) 2. Native Woodland Survey Scotland (Forestry Commission Scotland) 3. Saltmarsh Survey Scotland (SNH) 4. Shingle Survey Scotland (SNH) 5. National forest Inventory (Forestry Commission Scotland) 6. Greenspace Scotland (Ordnance Survey) 7. Sand Dune Vegetation Survey Scotland (SNH) 8. Land Cover Scotland 1988 (James Hutton Institute) 9. Land Cover Map 2007 (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) Any gaps in the landcover was filled by using: 10. OSMM intertidal 11. Land Cover Map 2000 (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) 12. OSMM and aerial photography interpretation 13. Aerial photography interpretation Methodology documents relating to this job: GIG analysis methodology – 41575 - National Landcover EUNIS classes – TECHNICAL REPORT. Objective reference A994977 GIG analysis methodology - 41575 - National Landcover EUNIS classes – CONVERSION TABLES. Objective reference B1120334 GIG analysis methodology - 41575 - National Landcover EUNIS classes – ANALYSIS OVERVIEW. Objective reference A1404424 GIG analysis methodology - 41575 - National Landcover EUNIS classes – REPORT. Objective reference A843932

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

GeoTIFF

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

This dataset can only be used in support of SNH’s Core Business, under the terms of an End User Licence agreement.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Recommended for national to regional usage. For local analysis, detailed local data should be sourced.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Woodlands Policy & Advice Officer

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

GB

telephone number

01463 725208

facsimile number

01463 725 067

email address

phil.baarda@nature.scot

web address

http://www.snh.gov.uk

description: NatureScot website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

Data Supply

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

GB

telephone number

01463 725080

facsimile number

01463 725 067

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

web address

https://nature.scot

description: NatureScot website

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Supply

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

GB

telephone number

01463 725080

facsimile number

01463 725 067

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

web address

https://nature.scot

description: NatureScot website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-07-18T10:27:42

Metadata language