GMES) dataset squares or sample Landsat land-cover Inventory and Survey Map datasets Forest scenes Cover National Countryside Combined Land Indicator-specific (SPOT 1. Transparency 1. Data unavailable to public x and auditability 2. Limited summary data available 3. Full raw/primary data set and metadata x x x x available 2. Verification 1. Unverified data 2. Limited verification checks in place 3. Detailed verification in place and x x x x x documented 3. Frequency of 1. Sporadic x x updates 2. Every 3-5 years 3. Annual or biennial x x 4. Security 1. Future data collection discontinued x 2. Future data collection uncertain x x x 3. Future data collection secure x 5. Spatial coverage 1. Partial UK coverage 2. UK coverage, some bias x x 3. Full UK coverage, including adjacent x x x marine areas, if and where appropriate 6. Temporal 1. Insufficient data for assessment (<5 x x coverage years) 2. Sufficient data to assess progress (5-10 x years) 3. Long (10+ years) and short-term trends x x can be assessed 7. Capacity for 1. Cannot be disaggregated x disaggregation 2. Can be disaggregated but data quality and assessment issues arise 3. Can be disaggregated to Country level x x x x and assessed Figure A1. Evaluation scores for sources of land cover data.
Countryside Survey sample squares Land Cover Map National Forest Inventory Indicator-specific land-cover dataset (SPOT scenes and Landsat or GMES) Combined datasets 1. Transparency and auditability 1. Data unavailable to public x 2. Limited summary data available 3. Full raw/primary data set and metadata available x x x x 2. Verification 1. Unverified data 2. Limited verification checks in place 3. Detailed verification in place and documented x x x x x 3. Frequency of updates 1. Sporadic x x 2. Every 3-5 years 3. Annual or biennial x x 4. Security 1. Future data collection discontinued x 2. Future data collection uncertain x x x 3. Future data collection secure x 5. Spatial coverage 1. Partial UK coverage 2. UK coverage, some bias x x 3. Full UK coverage, including adjacent marine areas, if and where appropriate x x x 6. Temporal coverage 1. Insufficient data for assessment (<5 years) x x 2. Sufficient data to assess progress (5-10 years) x 3. Long (10+ years) and short-term trends can be assessed x x 7. Capacity for disaggregation 1. Cannot be disaggregated x 2. Can be disaggregated but data quality and assessment issues arise 3. Can be disaggregated to Country level and assessed x x x x Figure A1. Evaluation scores for sources of land cover data.