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dataset
David Donnelly
The James Hutton Institute
Senior Research Scientist
01224 395265
Craigiebuckler
david.donnelly@hutton.ac.uk
pointOfContact
2022-03-23
UK GEMINI
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
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1:50,000 Land Capability for Agriculture
Land capability for agriculture (partial cover)
2014-04-01T00:00:00
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The Land Capability Classification for Agriculture has as its objective the presentation of detailed information on soil, climate and relief in a form which will be of value to land use planners, agricultural advisers, farmers and others involved in optimising the use of land resources. The classification ranks land on the basis of its potential productivity and cropping flexibility determined by the extent to which its physical characteristics (soil, climate and relief) impose long term restrictions on its agricultural use.
THE CLASSES
Class 1. Land capable of producing a very wide range of crops with high yields
Class 2. Land capable of producing a wide range of crops with yields less high than Class 1.
Class 3. Land capable of producing good yields from a moderate range of crops.
Class 4. Land capable of producing a narrow range of crops.
Class 5. Land suited only to improved grassland and rough grazing.
Class 6. Land capable only of use as rough grazing.
Class 7. Land of very limited agricultural value.
THE DIVISIONS
A division is a ranking within a class. As the requirements of the crops suited to Classes 1 and 2 are fairly stringent, land in these classes has inherently low degrees of internal variability and no divisions are present.
The requirements of crops grown in the remaining classes are less rigorous, consequently land included is more variable in character.
To provide information on the agricultural land capability for the more intensively farmed areas of Scotland.
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The James Hutton Institute
David Donnelly
01224 395265
Craigiebuckler
david.donnelly@hutton.ac.uk
distributor
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http://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/LCA_50K_2M.jpg
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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no limitations on public access
Suitable for use at medium scales. Data of national coverage is available at 1:250,000 scale.
The James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence
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David Donnelly
The James Hutton Institute
Research Scientist
01224 395265
Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen
AB15 8QH
United Kingdom
david.donnelly@hutton.ac.uk
distributor
ESRI Shapefile
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https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/soils/downloads/lca_50k.zip
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ESRI Shapefile Download
A zip of the Esri shapefile, including licence and Esri layer files.
https://DRUID.HUTTON.AC.UK/arcgis/services/Hutton_LCA50K_OSGB/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
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50K LCA WMS
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Shapefile
Digitised from the paper maps published in the 1980's. Please refer to the information for the 1:250,000 LCA for further details.