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N2K 2012 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Jul. 2021

This metadata refers to CLMS N2K 2012 product, the Copernicus Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) status map, with 2012 as reference year for the classification, tailored to the needs of biodiversity monitoring in selected Natura2000 sites: 4790 sites of natural and semi-natural grassland formations listed in Annex I of the Habitats Directive, including a 2 km buffer zone surrounding the sites and covering an area of 631.820 km² across Europe (EU27, the United Kingdom and Switzerland). The product includes three Emerald sites in Switzerland. LC/LU has been extracted from VHR satellite data and other available data.

This metadata specifically refers to the revision of the 2012 N2K status map carried out during the production of the 2018 update.

The production of N2K updates was coordinated by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme.

You can read more about the product here: https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/n2k/n2k-2012.

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Date ( Creation )
2021-07-16
Date ( Publication )
2021-07-16
Edition
03.00
Identifier
copernicus_v_3035_10_m_n2k-2012_p_2010-2014_v03_r00
Identifier
DAT-192-en
Unique resource identifier
10.2909/4962b7d3-b836-49d9-8e84-e72aba4837e9
Owner
  European Commission
https://commission.europa.eu
Custodian
  Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
https://land.copernicus.eu
Publisher
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
http://www.eea.europa.eu
Point of contact
  Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk
https://land.copernicus.eu/en/contact-service-helpdesk
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Land cover
  • Protected sites
Keywords
Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. ( Place )
  • United Kingdom
  • Switzerland
  • EU27 (from 2020)
Keywords
GEMET ( Theme )
  • habitat
  • natural area
  • natural areas protection
  • protected area
  • land use
  • landscape alteration
  • species
Spatial scope ( Theme )
  • European
EEA topics ( Theme )
  • Biodiversity
  • Land use
EEA Management Plan ( Theme )
  • 2017 3.6.2
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

The Copernicus component is governed by Regulation (EU) No 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU. Within the Copernicus component, a portfolio of land monitoring activities has been delegated by the European Union to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

The Copernicus land monitoring products and services are made available on a principle of full, open and free access, as established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013.

Free, full and open access to the products and services of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is made on the conditions that:

1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services (data, software scripts, web services, user and methodological documentation and similar) to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of these products and services.

2. Where the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services have been adapted or modified by the user, the user shall clearly state this.

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

Aggregate Datasetindentifier
af767181-9e6e-49ac-8834-a7ef613bbb70
Association Type
revisionOf
Spatial representation type
Vector
Distance
10  m
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
Begin date
2010-01-01
End date
2014-12-31
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Supplemental Information
Spatial Resolution information: The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3035
Distribution format
  • Spatialite ( 1.1 )

  • GDB ( )

OnLine resource
https://copernicus.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Natura2000/N2K_2012/MapServer ( ESRI:REST )
OnLine resource
https://copernicus.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Natura2000/N2K_2012/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS ( OGC:WMS )
OnLine resource
Download (requires authentication) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
https://doi.org/10.2909/4962b7d3-b836-49d9-8e84-e72aba4837e9 ( DOI )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Statement
Generation of a Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) dataset by visual image interpretation and delineation based on Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite data from 2012 ±2 years. Additional in situ and ancillary datasets relevant for the production were also integrated into the workflow to support the LC/LU analysis. During the production of the 2018 update the 2012 status map was revised and improved: thematic and geometric errors were corrected, and thematic accuracy was improved. The classification provides 55 distinct thematic classes. The class definitions follow a pre-defined nomenclature based on the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) typology of ecosystems (at level 1) and are further harmonised with Corine Land Cover and adapted to the specific characteristics of grasslands habitats (levels 2 to 4). The Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU) is 0.5 ha and the Minimum Mapping Width (MMW) is 10 m. The positional accuracy is less than 5 m (according to geo-location accuracy of satellite imagery delivered by ESA: less than 5m RMSE). Producer’s accuracy assessment approach: stratified random point sampling. Interpretation of sampling points was performed on the best available reference data. The overall accuracy is higher than 85%.
File identifier
4962b7d3-b836-49d9-8e84-e72aba4837e9 XML
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-02-06T16:45:04.68Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
 
 

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Keywords

EEA Management Plan
2017 3.6.2
EEA topics
Biodiversity Land use
GEMET
habitat land use landscape alteration natural area natural areas protection protected area species
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Land cover Protected sites
Spatial scope
European

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