Identification

Title

Biogeographic Zones Living England (2021)

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

This is a spatial dataset which defines the regions for the Living England Phase IV habitat classification. 14 regions were created in England to balance resource requirements and scalability. The regions are based on National Character Areas which are grouped such that each region is covered by a single European Space Agency Sentinel-2 satellite orbit (with the exception of Zone 10 in the SE which is covered by two orbits), and such that the regions are approximately similar in size. © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Contains modified Copernicus Service information 2021.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/Defra::biogeographic-zones-living-england-2021/about

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

description: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/biogeographic-zones-living-england-2021-phase4/wms

protocol: OGC:WMS

description:

https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/biogeographic-zones-living-england-2021-phase4/wfs

protocol: OGC:WFS

description:

https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?mapService=NE/BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4&mode=spatial

protocol: DSP:ESRI

description: Download

https://environment.data.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/NE/BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4/MapServer

protocol: null

description: REST URL

Unique resource identifier

code

1aeba5db-7321-4c9f-864b-ced8c19bcfc4_resource

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.5

East bounding longitude

1.82

North bounding latitude

55.84

South bounding latitude

49.83

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

GB-ENG

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1999-01-01

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2020-06-04

date type

revision

effective date

2021-07-23

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

For the purposes of data processing and habitat classification, England was divided into 14 Biogeographic Zones (BGZs). National Character Areas, which consists of 90 terrestrial regions based on their cultural and natural characteristics, were used as the basis of defining the zones and are available under an OGL. These were grouped into BGZs such that each zone was covered by the same Sentinel-2 orbit, and that the zones were approximately similar in size. The total number of BGZs was chosen to balance resource requirements (the number of individual zones needing to be handled) versus scalability (the maximum area that could realistically be processed at a time). All of these zones fall within a single Sentinel-2 orbit, with the exception of BGZ 10 where two of the Natural Areas span more than one Sentinel-2 orbit. The initial BGZ boundaries were expanded to include intertidal and coastal regions where each zone was buffered by 3 km, before manual post-processing ensured there was no overlap between adjacent zones. Where necessary, editing has been used to alter the polygons to remove complex features (e.g. estuaries) when these occurred at the boundary between BGZs.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Proprietary format | ESRI File based Geodatabase (GDB)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

description: Natural England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact