Tuesday 13 June 2017

Where to get Land Use data for the UK?


We're currently looking for a Land Use dataset for part of England (UK) and were wondering what datasets are out there, either free or commercial.


One's we've found so far:



Important: We're not looking to generate this data ourselves, We're only interested in nicely pre-packaged datasets.



Answer



(Don't think there is a one source solution for this question)


Natural England has a huge source of Land Use across England.


Land Use Categories:


Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (England)

Biosphere Reserves (England)
Limestone Pavement Orders (England)
Local Nature Reserves (England)
Marine Conservation Zones (England)
National Nature Reserves (England)
National Parks (England)
Ramsar (England)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (England)
Special Areas of Conservation (England)
Special Protection Areas (England)


Free for Personal and non-commercial use http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/publications/data/default.aspx


At cost http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/commercial/geo-info-and-planning/electronic-extent-data-polygons - bulk orders over 20,000 polygons


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