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Land Cover Map 2015 (1km dominant target class, GB)

This dataset consists of the 1km raster, dominant target class version of the Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015) for Great Britain. The 1km dominant coverage product is based on the 1km percentage product and reports the habitat class with the highest percentage cover for each 1km pixel. The 21 target classes are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. This dataset is derived from the vector version of the Land Cover Map

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified
Land cover, 21 JNCC Broad Habitat target classes, dominant class per 1km pixel (raster)
Coverage llm-inferred
Great Britain · 2014-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Resolution docs-verified
1 km (1000 m) raster pixels, OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Formats docs-verified
ERDAS Imagine (ERDAS_IMG) · WMS (web map service)
Access docs-verified
Whole-dataset zip download and WMS access; Non-Open Government Licence; terms and conditions apply; must be cited in publications

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred
Habitat baseline mapping for BNG using JNCC Broad Habitat classes at 1km · Regional desk-study land cover context for ecological or planning screening · Land-cover inputs for catchment-scale runoff or SuDS screening, with the 1km limitation noted · Environmental risk assessment context for soils and water catchments
Audience llm-inferred
ecologists · GIS analysts · environmental consultants · hydrologists · planners

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred
Dominant-class product keeps only the highest-cover class per 1km pixel, so minority habitats are not shown · Imagery is from 2014-2015, so the map is dated · Non-open licence with terms and conditions and a citation requirement · Finer detail requires the vector LCM2015 product, which is not covered by this entry · ERDAS_IMG format may need conversion in non-ERDAS GIS tools
Licence
Non-Open government licence
Authentication
Unknown — review source docs
GitHub stars
Unknown
Last commit
Unknown
Last successful page check
16/10/2026
Page health
healthy
Package
Not recorded
Verification
Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

Listed in ukceh-eidc public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (ukceh-eidc)