National Inventory of Woodland and Trees for Great Britain, 2002 Archive

Forestry Commission Wales created a static archive of spatial data showing all woodland areas over 2 hectares in Great Britain. The dataset includes Interpreted Forest Type classifications and records of new planting and Woodland Grant Schemes as of 31 March 2002. It remains an archived snapshot of the National Inventory of Woodland and Trees.

Use Cases

• Map historical woodland extent and distribution based on the spatial data for areas over 2 hectares.
• Analyze forest type composition using the Interpreted Forest Type (IFT) classifications.
• Study afforestation patterns from new planting and grant scheme records up to 2002.
• Conduct baseline comparisons for contemporary forestry and land cover studies.

Strengths

• Provides complete spatial coverage for Great Britain.
• Includes a specific date cutoff (31 March 2002) for new planting and grant scheme records.
• Defines a minimum mapping unit (woodlands over 2 hectares) for consistency.

Limitations

• Data is a static archive; last update date is unknown and freshness unverified.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias, capturing only conditions up to 2002.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission Wales (FCW), now a static archive.

Collection Method

Survey data from the National Inventory of Woodland and Trees.

Time Range

Up to 31 March 2002.

Freshness

Static archive; last updated unknown.

Geography

Great Britain.