Land Cover Map 2007: Northern Ireland Habitat Classification at 1km Scale

LCM2007 is a parcel-based thematic classification of satellite image data covering the entire United Kingdom, produced by the Environmental Information Data Centre. The map updates and upgrades the Land Cover Map of Great Britain 1990 and LCM2000, using data from Landsat, IRS, and SPOT sensors. This specific dataset consists of the 1km raster, percentage Aggregate Class for Northern Ireland only.

Use Cases

• Monitor land cover change over time based on the map's lineage from 1990 and 2000 products.
• Analyze habitat distribution based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats classification.
• Model environmental impacts at a regional scale using the 1km percentage aggregate raster data.
• Integrate land cover information with other datasets using the ancillary data incorporated in its creation.

Strengths

• Covers the entire United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland.
• Classified using the JNCC Broad Habitats nomenclature, encompassing the entire range of UK habitats.
• Produced in both vector and raster formats with varying levels of detail and spatial resolutions.

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, incorporating ancillary datasets.

Time Range

2007

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-02 19:12:43.277582; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom