dataset · United Kingdom
Government / regulator
Land Cover Map 2015 25m raster web service
This web map service (WMS) is the 25m raster version of the Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015) for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It shows the target habitat class with the highest percentage cover in each 25m x 25m pixel. The 21 target classes are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats.
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What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- target habitat class with the highest percentage cover per pixel · 21 target habitat classes based on JNCC Broad Habitats
- Coverage docs-verified
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 2014-01-01 to 2015-12-31
- Resolution docs-verified
- 25m x 25m pixel
- Formats docs-verified
- JPEG · PNG · TIFF
- Access docs-verified
- Licence terms apply (Non-Open Government Licence per entry metadata); no API key or auth listed in entry; copyright notice 'Based upon LCM2015 © UKCEH 2017' required
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Habitat baseline context for ecological surveys and biodiversity net gain assessments · Land cover and land use context for rainfall-runoff or flood risk screening inputs · Constraints mapping of habitat types for planning-stage site assessments
- Audience llm-inferred
- ecologists · GIS analysts · hydrologists · flood consultants · planners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Non-Open Government Licence: citation and copyright notice required in outputs · Data reflects a 2014-2015 snapshot, not current land cover · WMS provides map imagery for GIS display rather than classified pixel values
- 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)