Land Cover Map 2007: 1km Dominant Habitat Classification for Northern Ireland

LCM2007 is a parcel-based thematic classification of satellite image data covering the entire United Kingdom. The map updates and upgrades the Land Cover Map of Great Britain 1990 and LCM2000, incorporating Northern Ireland and using a nomenclature corresponding to Joint Nature Conservation Committee Broad Habitats. This product consists of the dominant Target Class per 1km square, raster dataset for Northern Ireland only.

Use Cases

• Analyze land cover change over time based on the description of it updating earlier maps from 1990 and 2000.
• Model habitat distribution based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee Broad Habitats nomenclature.
• Integrate land cover data with other geospatial datasets based on the mention of incorporating ancillary information.

Strengths

• Covers the entire United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland.
• Updates and upgrades two prior land cover maps (LCMGB 1990 and LCM2000).
• Uses a standardized habitat nomenclature corresponding to JNCC Broad Habitats.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Derived from a computer classification of satellite scenes obtained mainly from Landsat, IRS and SPOT sensors.

Time Range

2007

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-02 19:11:05.473449; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland