Alternate title

Riparian Zones 2012 (GLE)

Date (Publication)

2015-08-08T00:00:00

Citation identifier

LC.IE.EPA.COPERNIUS_RIPARIANZONES_GLE

Purpose

The data aims to support the objectives of several European legal acts and policy initiatives, such as the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, the Habitats and Birds Directives and the Water Framework Directive. It also aims to give further information on Green Infrastructure in riparian zones.

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 use

• land cover

• Riparian Zone

Environmental Protection Agency

• Copernicus

• Copernicus Land Monitoring Service

• CLMS

• EEA

• Green Linear Element

• Local Component

• Hot Spot Monitoring

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/riparian-zones	EEA Complete Riparian Zones Data & Metadata
text/html	https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/RZ_CS3_17_Nomenclature_Guideline_I30.pdf	Riparian Zones Product Specification
text/html	https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/europes-green-arteries-a-continental-dataset-of-riparian-zones	Riparian Zones Green Linear Element Paper

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

The GLE product provides reliable and detailed geospatial information on the occurrence and spatial distribution of: Small linear vegetation features such as hedgerows, scrub and tree rows with a minimum length of 100m and a width of up to 10m; Isolated patches of trees and scrub with a size between 500 m² and 0.5 ha. Green linear elements including trees and hedgerows with 100m minimum length and 500 m² Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU).

Semi-automatic classification and visual interpretation of Green Linear Elements (Nomenclature: 1: trees; 2: hedgerows and scrub) on 1.5m SPOT-6 and 2.5m SPOT-5 HRG satellite data from the DWH_MG2b_CORE_03 dataset (Optical VHR2 coverage over EU 2011-2013 and Riparian zones) with subsequently automated GIS-based generalisation. Geometric differentiation into linear structures as well as patches by considering a compactness factor (1. Linear structures of hedgerows/scrub and tree rows; 2. Patches of tree and hedgerows/scrub).

The EPA quality assessment is that although the data has good statistical accuracy the national team observed, the national verification team found significant omissions and inconsistencies that may limit its use in national assessments.

Metadata

File identifier

82214f8e-1d83-4992-adb7-e9ffd14884de XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2019-02-14T12:27:29Z

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