LCM2021 – the UK Land Cover Map 2021

Marston, Christopher G.; O'Neil, Aneurin W.; Morton, R. Daniel; Wood, Claire M.; Rowland, Clare S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4631-2023

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4631-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4631-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

Data description paper

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19 Oct 2023

Data description paper |

| 19 Oct 2023

LCM2021 – the UK Land Cover Map 2021

Christopher G. Marston, Aneurin W. O'Neil, R. Daniel Morton, Claire M. Wood, and Clare S. Rowland

Data sets

Land Cover Map 2021 (10m classified pixels, GB) C. Marston, C. S. Rowland, A. W. O’Neil, and R. D. Morton https://doi.org/10.5285/a22baa7c-5809-4a02-87e0-3cf87d4e223a

Land Cover Map 2021 (10m classified pixels, N. Ireland) C. Marston, C. S. Rowland, A. W. O’Neil, and R. D. Morton https://doi.org/10.5285/e44ae9bd-fa32-4aab-9524-fbb11d34a20a

Land Cover Map 2021 (25m rasterised land parcels, GB) C. Marston, C. S. Rowland, A. W. O’Neil, and R. D. Morton https://doi.org/10.5285/a1f85307-cad7-4e32-a445-84410efdfa70

Land Cover Map 2021 (25m rasterised land parcels, N. Ireland) C. Marston, C. S. Rowland, A. W. O’Neil, and R. D. Morton https://doi.org/10.5285/f3310fe1-a6ea-4cdd-b9f6-f7fc66e4652e

Land Cover Map 2021 (1km summary rasters, GB and N. Ireland) C. Marston, C. S. Rowland, A. W. O’Neil, and R. D. Morton https://doi.org/10.5285/a3ff9411-3a7a-47e1-9b3e-79f21648237d

Short summary

The UK Land Cover Map 2021 (LCM2021) is a UK-wide land cover data set, with 21- and 10-class versions. It is intended to support a broad range of UK environmental research, including ecological and hydrological research. LCM2021 was produced by classifying Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. LCM2021 is distributed as a suite of products to facilitate easy use for a range of applications. To support research at different spatial scales it includes 10 m, 25 m and 1 km resolution products.