Land Cover Map 2017 (20m classified pixels, GB)

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This is the 20m classified pixels dataset for the UKCEH Land Cover Map of 2017 (LCM2017) representing Great Britain. It describes Great Britain's land cover in 2017 using UKCEH Land Cover Classes, which are based on UK Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. This dataset is the Random Forest classification result from classifying a 20m pixel raster containing multi-season spectral information combined with context layers, which help to resolve spectral confusion. It is provided as a 2-band, 8-bit integer raster. The band-1 is the UKCEH Land Cover Class identifier, band-2 is an indicator of classification confidence. For a fuller description please refer to the product documentation. LCM2017 represents a suite of geospatial land cover datasets (raster and polygon) describing the UK land surface in 2017. These were produced at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images from 2017. LCM2017 was simultaneously released with LCM2018 and LCM2019. These are the latest in a series of UKCEH land cover maps, which began with the 1990 Land Cover Map of Great Britain (now usually referred to as LCM1990) followed by UK-wide land cover maps LCM2000, LCM2007 and LCM2015. 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/f6f86b1a-af6d-4ed8-85af-21ee97ec5333

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Morton, R.D., Marston, C.G., O'Neil, A.W., Rowland, C.S. (2020). Land Cover Map 2017 (20m classified pixels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f6f86b1a-af6d-4ed8-85af-21ee97ec5333
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Latitude: 60.861° to 49.864°
Longitude: -8.648° to 1.768°
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2020-06-23 (publication)
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