Identification info

Alternative title

LCS88

Metadata Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Dataset Reference Date (Creation)

1987-07-01

Dataset Reference Date (Publication)

1992-07-01

Identifier

www.gov.scot / SG_LandCoverScotland_1988

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Land cover

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

• land cover

IPSV Subjects List

• Land and premises

• Countryside

• Agricultural land

Limitations on Public Access

Other restrictions

Other constraints

No limitations to public access

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Open Government Licence

Other constraints

The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year)

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

25000

Topic category

• Environment

Code

S92000003

 

Code

EPSG:4258

Code

EPSG:27700

Distribution Information

 

Data quality info

Quality Scope

Dataset

Statement

The LCS dataset was created by defining a hierarchical land cover classification followed by the interpretation of aerial imagery to identify both single feature and mosaics of different land cover types. The classification system was developed specifically to provide information on semi-natural cover features, so that the greatest detail (at the lowest level in the hierarchy) relates to natural and management features within these cover types. LCS88 has 126 major classes. This was felt necessary to preserve the detail of the ground cover, especially in the upland or moorland areas – which cover some 80% of the land area. Mosaics, consisting of a dominant and subdominant class, were also permitted where the interpreter was unable to separate out different land covers (for instance as part of heather cycling and regeneration, patches of grass establish and then become recolonised by the heather). Some of the mosaics were very region specific and this gave rise to some 1300 classes, and 969 of them in total covered only 1% of the country. Medium scale air photography was flown for the whole of Scotland and interpreted by former soil surveyors to obtain a census map of land cover. Photos were viewed through a stereoscope, and using an acetate overlay features were drawn by hand for points, lines and areas. Area features were identified where they are greater than 10 hectares for semi-natural ground vegetation, greater than 5 hectares for built-up land, or greater than 2 hectares for woodland. A code was allocated to each feature following the agreed classification system. This information was then converted to a computer readable form by digitising against OS Pathfinder maps (1:25,000) in GIS. Lastly, the digitised data was compared to conditions on the ground to produce accuracy assessments.

 

Metadata

File identifier

7dfaf8ce-2123-4eec-8a16-2e85fab7077d XML

Metadata Language

English

Resource type

Dataset

Metadata Date

2021-01-14T15:24:38

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3