Northern Ireland Land Cover Classification 2007

Land Cover Map 2007 (LCM2007) from the Environmental Information Data Centre is a parcel-based thematic classification of satellite imagery for the entire UK. This specific version provides a 1km raster grid showing the dominant aggregate land cover class for Northern Ireland, updating previous maps from 1990 and 2000.

Use Cases

• Train a land cover classifier using the 1km raster dominant aggregate class to map habitat distribution in Northern Ireland.
• Analyze changes in the dominant aggregate class by comparing this 2007 dataset with earlier LCMGB 1990 and LCM2000 products.
• Model habitat connectivity and fragmentation patterns across Northern Ireland using the 1km raster grid of JNCC Broad Habitats.

Strengths

• Covers the entire United Kingdom, providing national-scale land cover data.
• Updates and upgrades two previous land cover maps (LCMGB 1990 and LCM2000), offering a temporal series.
• Classified using the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats nomenclature, encompassing the full range of UK habitats.

Limitations

• The dataset has been withdrawn, indicating it may be deprecated or superseded by newer versions.
• Specific spatial resolution is limited to 1km for this raster version, which may be too coarse for fine-grained ecological analysis.
• Data is from 2007 and may be temporally stale for modeling current land cover conditions.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Derived from computer classification of satellite scenes from Landsat, IRS, and SPOT sensors, incorporating ancillary datasets.

Time Range

2007

Freshness

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Geography

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom