Identification

Title

Corine land cover 2012 for the UK, Jersey and Guernsey

Abstract

This dataset for the UK, Jersey and Guernsey contains the Corine Land Cover (CLC) for 2012 (CLC2012). This dataset has been created from combining the 2012 land cover layers from the individual CLC files for the UK, Jersey and Guernsey. CLC is a dataset produced within the frame of the Initial Operations of the Copernicus programme (the European Earth monitoring programme previously known as GMES) on land monitoring. CLC provides consistent information on land cover and land cover changes across Europe. This inventory was initiated in 1985 (initial year 1990) and then established a time series of land cover information with updates in 2000 and 2006 the last one being the 2012 reference year. CLC products are based on the analysis of satellite images by national teams of participating countries - the EEA member and cooperating countries - following a standard methodology and nomenclature with the following base parameters: - 44 classes in the hierarchical three level Corine nomenclature; - Minimum mapping unit (MMU) for status layers is 25 hectares; - Minimum width of linear elements is 100 metres; The resulting national land cover inventories are further integrated into a seamless land cover map of Europe. Land cover and land use (LCLU) information is important not only for land change research, but also more broadly for the monitoring of environmental change, policy support, the creation of environmental indicators and reporting. CLC datasets provide important datasets supporting the implementation of key priority areas of the Environment Action Programmes of the European Union as protecting ecosystems, halting the loss of biological diversity, tracking the impacts of climate change, assessing developments in agriculture and implementing the EU Water Framework Directive, among others. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/32533dd6-7c1b-43e1-b892-e80d61a5ea1d

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/32533dd6-7c1b-43e1-b892-e80d61a5ea1d

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/32533dd6-7c1b-43e1-b892-e80d61a5ea1d.zip

name: Supporting documentation

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

1435045308309

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Land Cover

Land Use

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

geospatial data

Natural resources

Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.279

East bounding longitude

-1.987

North bounding latitude

49.28

South bounding latitude

49.146

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2006-01-01

End position

2012-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2015-07-17

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Corine Land Cover database for the UK has been updated for the reference year 2012. Main objective of the project was the detection, identification and mapping of all land cover changes above 5 ha. Satellite images from 2011 to 2013 served as the basis for image interpretation. Aerial Imagery from Google Earth was used to support the interpretation process. Contrary to previous versions of the UK CLC, this time no up-to-date national land cover map was available. The last update of the National Land Cover Map stems from 2007 (LCM2007) and is closer to the CLC2006 status database than the new update reference. The EEA technical guidelines were followed for production using the InterChange support package for mapping CLC changes, and revising the 2006 map. The shapefile has been created by combining the 2012 layers from the individual CLC database files: CLC2012_UK.mdb (Corine land cover for the UK), CLC2012_JE.mdb (Corine land cover for Jersey) and CLC2012_GG (Corine land cover for Guernsey). The projected coordinate system has been converted to WGS 84.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

personal geodatabase (.mdb)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Copyright rests with the European Commission

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Acknowledgement: Produced by the University of Leicester, The Centre for Landscape and Climate Research and Specto Natura and supported by Defra and the European Environment Agency under Grant Agreement 3541/B2012/R0-GIO/EEA.55055 with funding by the European Union.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Cole, B., King, S., Ogutu, B., Palmer, D., Smith, G., Balzter, H. (2015). Corine land cover 2012 for the UK, Jersey and Guernsey. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/32533dd6-7c1b-43e1-b892-e80d61a5ea1d

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leicester

email address

bc132@le.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leicester

email address

bc132@le.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leicester

email address

vmhl1@leicester.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leicester

email address

B.O.Ogutu@soton.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leicester

email address

d.palmer@lboro.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Specto Natura

email address

GeoffSmith@specto-natura.co.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leicester

email address

hb91@le.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leicester

email address

iscience@le.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-03-13T14:29:41

Metadata language

eng