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Land Cover Scotland (LCS) 1988

Scotland's first national air-photo census of land cover, produced by The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute on behalf of the Scottish Government, covering 126 land cover types for monitoring countryside change.

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Key facts

InstitutionThe Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now James Hutton Institute) on behalf of Scottish Government
CoverageScotland
Time span1988 (baseline)
Scale4 files (ZIP format)
LicenseTerms: check the source page
AccessDirect ZIP download from data.gov.uk

Contents & fields

The dataset contains vector data of land cover in Scotland for 1988, with a classification system identifying 126 land cover types (point, line, polygon features) and over 1300 mosaics. Data is provided in ESRI Shapefile format, accessible via OGC View Service, OGC Feature Download Service, ESRI REST Service, and direct ZIP download.

  • LandCoverScotland1988——Main data file (Shapefile)
  • LC:LandCoverScotland1988——OGC Feature Download Service layer
  • Land Cover Scotland 1988——ESRI REST Service layer
  • Land Cover Scotland 1988 ZIP——ESRI Shapefile download package

Research uses

Suitable for monitoring land cover change in the Scottish countryside, environmental policy evaluation, ecological and agricultural studies, serving as a 1988 baseline for subsequent change analysis.

Information comes from the source page. Please check that page for current details and terms.

Keywords

land coverScotland1988air-photocountrysidebaseline

Access & license

License: Terms: check the source page | Free to access

Why this is hard to get on your own

When obtaining historical land cover baseline data, challenges often include complex classification systems and format conversion.

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