Great Britain Land Cover Classification Map 1990

Land Cover Map of Great Britain 1990 is a raster dataset classifying land cover into 25 distinct classes at a 1km resolution. It was produced by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology using supervised maximum likelihood classification of Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper satellite data.

Use Cases

• Analyze urban spread by mapping changes in suburban and urban areas classes over time.
• Model habitat connectivity for conservation planning using deciduous and evergreen woodland, scrub, and heath classes.
• Assess agricultural land use patterns by comparing distributions of arable farmland and pastures and meadows.
• Monitor wetland environments by tracking the extent of upland and lowland bogs.

Strengths

• Provides classification into 25 distinct land cover classes.
• Derived from higher resolution 25m satellite data for 1km grid dominance.
• Produced by a precursor to the authoritative Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Limitations

• Dataset is from the early 1990s and may not reflect current land cover.
• Data has been withdrawn, indicating potential supersession or quality concerns.
• Resolution is 1km, which may be too coarse for fine-grained local analysis.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Supervised maximum likelihood classification of Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper satellite data.

Time Range

1990

Freshness

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Geography

Great Britain