Alternate title

Urban Atlas 2012 (LULC)

Date (Publication)

2016-08-04T00:00:00

Citation identifier

LC.IE.EPA.COPERNIUS_URBANATLAS_LULC

Purpose

The data provides a description of the land use and land cover in the primary urban areas of Ireland based on an assessment of 2012 imagery.

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@epa.ie	Distributor
European Environment Agency under the framework of Copernicus		copernicus@eea.europa.eu	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

GemetInspireTheme

• Land cover

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

• land

• land cover

• land use

Environmental Protection Agency

• Copernicus

• Copernicus Land Monitoring Service

• CLMS

• EEA

• Local Component

• Hot Spot Monitoring

• Urban Atlas

ISO 3166

• IE

Use limitation

Data was produced with funding by the European Union. Copyright Copernicus Programme

Access to data is based on a principle of full, open and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. This regulation establishes registration and licensing conditions for GMES/Copernicus users and can be found here. Free, full and open access to this data set is made on the conditions that:

1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus dedicated data and Copernicus service information to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of that data and information.

2. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the Union.

3. Where that data or information has been adapted or modified, the user shall clearly state this.

4. The data remain the sole property of the European Union. Any information and data produced in the framework of the action shall be the sole property of the European Union. Any communication and publication by the beneficiary shall acknowledge that the data were produced “with funding by the European Union”.

DISCLAIMER:

The Environmental Protection Agency has undertaken to distribute the data on behalf of EEA under Specific Contract No 3436/R0-Copernicus/EEA.56990 implementing Framework service contract No EEA/IDM/R0/16/009/Ireland. The Environmental Protection Agency accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the content and use of these data.

The European Environment Agency accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on this site and the information does not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the EEA or other European Communities bodies and institutions.

Use limitation

Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0

Access constraints

License

Use constraints

License

Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

50000

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Environment

Begin date

2006-01-01T00:00:00

End date

2012-01-01T00:00:00

Reference system identifier

EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/2157

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset 2009-11-25

Distribution format

Name	Version
ESRI Shapefile	10.x

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency	GIS Team	gis@epa.ie	Publisher

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
text/html	https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download	Download data
text/html	https://land.copernicus.eu/	Copernicus Land Monitoring Service Website
text/html	https://land.copernicus.eu/local/urban-atlas	EEA Complete Urban Atlas Data & Metadata
text/html	https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/urban-atlas-2012-mapping-guide-new	Urban Atlas Product Specification

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

The Urban Atlas is mainly based on the combination of (statistical) image classification and visual interpretation of Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery. Multispectral SPOT 5 & 6 and Formosat-2 pan-sharpened imagery with a 2 to 2.5m spatial resolution is used as input data. The built-up classes are combined with density information on the level of sealed soil derived from the imperviousness High Resolution Layer to provide more detail in the density of the urban fabric. Finally, the Urban Atlas product is complemented and enriched with functional information (road network, services, utilities etc.) using ancillary data sources such as local city maps or online map services.

The EPA quality assessment is that overall the data has a good overall accuracy with high resolution data for the major cities of Ireland. The national verification team found that, although there is some variability in the quality between the city datasets, there is potential for uses of this data for assessments in Ireland

Metadata

File identifier

60a4a3da-4357-4520-8210-489427be608f XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2019-02-14T12:29:03Z

Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency	Data Analyst	gis@edenireland.ie	Point of contact