60764028-adeb-4316-987a-14b3b21a8f9a English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-21T10:40:15 UK GEMINI 2.3 TM75 / Irish Grid Land Cover Map 2015 (vector, N. Ireland) 2017-04-12 publication 2017-03-01 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/60764028-adeb-4316-987a-14b3b21a8f9a 10.5285/60764028-adeb-4316-987a-14b3b21a8f9a doi: Rowland, C.S., Morton, R.D., Carrasco, L., McShane, G., O'Neil, A.W., Wood, C.M. (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (vector, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/60764028-adeb-4316-987a-14b3b21a8f9a This dataset consists of the vector version of the Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015) for Northern Ireland. The vector data set is the core LCM data set from which the full range of other LCM2015 products is derived. It provides a number of attributes including land cover at the target class level (given as an integer value and also as text), the number of pixels within the polygon classified as each land cover type and a probability value provided by the classification algorithm (for full details see the LCM2015 Dataset Documentation). The 21 target classes are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. LCM2015 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images from 2014 and 2015 into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. LCM2015 consists of a range of raster and vector products and users should familiarise themselves with the full range (see related records, the CEH web site and the LCM2015 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs. LCM2015 was produced at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images from 2014 and 2015 into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. It is one of a series of land cover maps, produced by UKCEH since 1990. They include versions in 1990, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/60764028-adeb-4316-987a-14b3b21a8f9a Rowland, C.S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Rowland, C.S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0459-506X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Morton, R.D. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3947-6463 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Carrasco, L. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4283-7725 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author McShane, G. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7038-9881 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author O'Neil, A.W. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3591-1034 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Wood, C.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher notPlanned Land Cover theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Land cover Mapping otherRestrictions unknown otherRestrictions Bespoke licensing conditions apply to these data. If you choose to download the data, the CEH Data Licensing team will contact you to negotiate a licence. otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rowland, C.S., Morton, R.D., Carrasco, L., McShane, G., O'Neil, A.W., Wood, C.M. (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (vector, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/60764028-adeb-4316-987a-14b3b21a8f9a vector 10 English utf8 environment imageryBaseMapsEarthCover 2013-01-01 2015-12-01 -8.178 -5.432 54.022 55.313 ESRI file geodatabase NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://order-eidc.ceh.ac.uk/resources/FD53EPR6/order Download the data Download a copy of this data order https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/60764028-adeb-4316-987a-14b3b21a8f9a.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 For LCM2015, per-pixel classifications were conducted, using a random forest classification algorithm to classify the different land cover types. The resultant classifications were then mosaicked together, with the best classifications taking priority. This produced a per-pixel classification of the UK, which was then 'imported' into the spatial framework, recording a number of attributes, including the majority class per polygon which is the Land Cover class for each polygon. The 25m raster classification product is the majority class per polygon i.e. the dominant class for each polygon. LCM2015 uses a spatial framework that is similar to the LCM2007 framework. For both LCM2007 and LCM2015 the framework is based on generalised OS MasterMap (R). The generalisation (or simplification) process was used to remove very small objects, which provided unnecessary detail. In LCM2007 larger polygons were split using image segmentation; however this was not done for LCM2015.