Northern Ireland Land Cover Percentages at 1km Resolution for 2007

2007 land cover data provides parcel-based thematic classification of satellite imagery for Northern Ireland. The map, produced by the Environmental Information Data Centre, updates previous UK land cover maps using a nomenclature corresponding to JNCC Broad Habitats. Data is provided as 1km grid cell percentages per target land cover class.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of JNCC Broad Habitat percentages across 1km grid cells in Northern Ireland.
• Model land cover change by comparing 1km percentage target class data from 2007 with earlier LCM1990 or LCM2000 products.
• Integrate 1km percentage land cover data with other ancillary datasets for environmental or biodiversity studies.
• Calculate habitat fragmentation metrics using the parcel-based thematic classification and target class percentages.

Strengths

• Classification follows the standardized Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats nomenclature.
• Updates and upgrades two previous national land cover maps (LCMGB 1990 and LCM2000).
• Derived from computer classification of satellite scenes from multiple sensors (Landsat, IRS, SPOT).

Limitations

• Data is temporally static, representing a single snapshot from 2007.
• Spatial coverage is limited to Northern Ireland, not the entire United Kingdom.
• The 1km resolution percentage data may lack fine-grained detail for local-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Computer classification of satellite scenes (Landsat, IRS, SPOT) with ancillary datasets.

Time Range

2007

Freshness

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Geography

Northern Ireland