Accessing Land Cover Mapping Data

Montage of images taken from Land Cover Maps for 2007, 2000 and 1990

Over the last 20 years, CEH has produced three digital land cover maps: LCMGB 1990, LCM2000 and LCM2007. Each of these land cover maps has been produced as a number of different products with varying data formats and spatial resolutions. All of the products of the three land cover maps can be obtained from CEH under licence for academic, non-commercial and commercial use.

Some land cover map products can be obtained free of charge for non-commercial use via the CEH Information Gateway (CIG). Others can be obtained by using the on-line Quote Request Form.

The following table gives details of how best to access each land cover map product. (Please see also Land Cover Map 2007: Pricing for guidance on obtaining LCM 2007 data.)

LCMGB 1990

LCM2000

LCM2007

1km raster data

CEH Information Gateway*

CEH Information Gateway

CEH Information Gateway

25m raster data

Quote Request Form**

Quote Request Form

Quote Request Form

Vector data

Quote Request Form

Quote Request Form

Quote Request Form

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*CEH Information Gateway: data can be downloaded from the CEH Information Gateway following registration and acceptance of a click-through licence.

**Quote Request Form: data can be obtained from CEH following acceptance of licence terms and conditions and, if relevant, the payment of a licence fee.

Web Mapping Services for land cover mapping

Web Mapping Services (WMS), providing on-line view services direct to your desktop, are available for all raster land cover maps via the CEH Information Gateway.

Academic use of land cover mapping

In line with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) data policy, CEH encourages use of land cover map data for academic research and education. All CEH land cover mapping is available under licence and free of charge to academics and students for use on specific, named, non-commercial research projects. Administration and handling fees may apply.