Land Cover Map 2017: 1km Raster Summaries for Great Britain and Northern Ireland

UKCEH Land Cover Map 2017 provides 1 km summary raster data for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The dataset classifies land surface using two schemas: 21 detailed UKCEH land cover classes and 10 broader aggregate classes. It includes percentage cover and dominant coverage products, with full documentation available via the provided DOI.

Use Cases

• Modeling habitat connectivity based on the 21 Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitat classes.
• Analyzing land cover composition at a 1km resolution using the percentage cover product.
• Creating generalized land use maps using the 10 aggregate class groupings.
• Comparing coastal versus inland habitat distributions based on the aggregated coastal class.

Strengths

• Offers two classification schemas with 21 detailed and 10 aggregated land cover classes.
• Provides data at a 1km x 1km pixel resolution for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Includes both percentage cover and dominant land cover products for each pixel.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Classified from land surface data, likely satellite or aerial imagery.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 07:34:32.578189; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain and Northern Ireland