Scotland Habitat and Land Cover Map - 2022

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Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Last updated:
29 January 2025
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Summary

Habitat and land cover map created using AI to classify satellite data to EUNIS by Space Intelligence in partnership with NatureScot. This dataset contains three layers: - A EUNIS level 1 classification of Scotland's land cover for the year 2022 which uses 5 different classes; - A EUNIS level 2 classification of Scotland's land cover for the year 2022 which uses 28 different classes; - A change map, which provides predicted land cover changes that occurred between 2020 and 2022. The map is produced through a simple comparison between the 2020 and 2022 maps, where each instance of change identified is interpreted and assigned one of the following descriptors: (i) Afforestation (ii) Tree removal (iii) Agriculture related (iv) Urban development (v) Forest growth (vi) Water gain (vii) Water loss (viii) Other changes Please note, we believe these predicted changes, and others, are inaccurate, mainly due to inaccuracies we have identified in the 2020 map, along with improved methodologies and processes developed at Space Intelligence since the creation of the 2020 map.

The dataset is part of a time series of 20m resolution raster layers, the others being from 2019 and 2020 and the change layer of predicted land cover changes that occurred between 2019 and 2020.

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Scotland 2022 Landcover Map N/A 29 January 2025 Not available
habitatsandspecies:HLCM_2020_2022_CHANGE N/A 29 January 2025 Not available
habitatsandspecies:HLCM_2022_EUNIS_LEVEL2 N/A 29 January 2025 Not available
habitatsandspecies:HLCM_2022_EUNIS_LEVEL1 N/A 29 January 2025 Not available
HLCM_2022_EUNIS_LEVEL2 N/A 29 January 2025 Not available

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-01-28
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Use the following attribution statement: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Harvest GUID
8462f345-6e9c-45de-b1d2-665a55b9d74a
Extent
Latitude: 60.8665° to °
Longitude: -9.2305° to -0.7046°
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Dataset reference date
2023-07-01 (creation)
2023-07-25 (publication)
2023-07-25 (revision)
Frequency of update
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Responsible party
NatureScot (pointOfContact); Space Intelligence (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
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Metadata language
eng
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