| Product | Level of definition | Relevant for | Criticality | Barriers | Note | Created on | Last updated on | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riparian Zones Land Cover/Land Use | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Update Frequency | used as reference data for interpretation and differentiation of Land Cover /Land Use (LC/LU) classes; | March 28, 2018, 1:31 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:16 p.m. | |
| Natura2000 Change Layer | Reasonable | Product generation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Coverage, Data policy, Format, Timeliness, Update Frequency | Reference for interpretation and land cover/land use (LC/LU) separation for production of the product Skeleton as well as for differentiation of the LC/LU classes | Nov. 21, 2020, 10:20 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:16 p.m. | |
| Riparian Zones Green Linear Elements | Reasonable | Product generation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Coverage, Data policy, Update Frequency | Large scale mapping of Green Linear Elements. | June 11, 2018, 7:09 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:16 p.m. | |
| Riparian Zones Green Linear Elements | Firm | Calibration and validation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Metadata, Resolution, Update Frequency | Nov. 21, 2020, 11:02 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | ||
| Riparian Zones Land Cover/Land Use | Reasonable | Calibration and validation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Update Frequency | Availability Accuracy Coverage Update Frequency Costs Data policy | Nov. 21, 2020, 11:03 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| Urban Atlas Building Height | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | Resolution | Nov. 9, 2018, 3:29 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | ||
| High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | Accuracy, Coverage, Resolution, Update Frequency | Automated derivation of classification training samples from additional reference data | Nov. 6, 2018, 12:33 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| Urban Atlas Street Tree Layer | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Format, Resolution, Update Frequency | Nov. 9, 2018, 3:27 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | ||
| High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness change | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Update Frequency | Automated derivation of classification training samples from additional reference data | Nov. 6, 2018, 12:44 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| Urban Atlas | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Resolution | sealing level information from the HRL IMD complements the results of the EO data interpretation in terms of sealing density | Nov. 9, 2018, 2:47 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Presence Change | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | N/A | Reference data used for validation of the change product | Nov. 16, 2018, 2:29 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| High Resolution Layer - Small Woody Features | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Coverage, Data policy, Resolution, Update Frequency | important reference data sources concerning creation of training samples, calibration, validation, interpretation and classification | Nov. 9, 2018, 4:22 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| Riparian Zones Delineation | Reasonable | Calibration and validation | Desirable | Availability | For Riparian Zones Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) for the calculation of path distances in combination with EU-HYDRO | Nov. 21, 2020, 11 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| Coastal Zones Change Layer | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Availability, Coverage, Update Frequency | May 3, 2020, 10:18 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | ||
| High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness Change Classified | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | Accuracy, Coverage, Resolution, Update Frequency | May 1, 2020, 10:30 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | ||
| Coastal Zones | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Availability, Coverage, Update Frequency | May 3, 2020, 10:16 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | ||
| High Resolution Layer - Share of Built-Up | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | Accuracy, Coverage, Resolution, Update Frequency | May 1, 2020, 10:29 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | ||
| High Resolution Layer - Impervious Built-Up Mask | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | Accuracy, Coverage, Resolution, Update Frequency | May 1, 2020, 10:31 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | ||
| Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Land Cover Raster Product | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Accuracy, Resolution, Update Frequency | Used for reference sampling, object attribution and validation | May 15, 2020, 9:32 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |
| Natura 2000 | Reasonable | Product generation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Coverage, Data policy, Format, Timeliness, Update Frequency | Reference for interpretation and land cover/land use (LC/LU) separation for production of the product Skeleton as well as for differentiation of the LC/LU classes | Nov. 21, 2020, 10:19 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:16 p.m. | |
| Urban Atlas Change | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | Format | sealing level information from the HRL IMD complements the results of the EO data interpretation in terms of sealing density | Nov. 9, 2018, 3:24 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| High Resolution Layer - Dominant Leaf Type Change | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | N/A | Reference data used for validation of the change product | Nov. 16, 2018, 2:29 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Density Change | Firm | Supporting exploitation | Essential | N/A | Reference data used for validation of the change product | Nov. 16, 2018, 2:28 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | |
| High Resolution Layer - Additional Woody Features | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Accuracy, Availability, Coverage, Data policy, Resolution, Update Frequency | Important reference data sources concerning creation of training samples, calibration, validation, interpretation and classification | May 2, 2020, 11:14 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |
| Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Attributed and Classified Landscape Objects | Firm | Product generation | Essential | Accuracy, Resolution, Update Frequency | Used for reference sampling, object attribution and validation | May 15, 2020, 9:31 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |
| High Resolution Layer - Crop types | Firm | Calibration and validation | Essential | Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency | Land cover reference data needed for calibration and validation | May 23, 2024, 8:51 a.m. | May 23, 2024, 8:51 a.m. |
| Data | Level of compliance | Note | Information costs | Handling costs | Created on | Last updated on | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riparian Zones delineation | Partially | Updates of the delineation of the area of interest imply additional efforts and costs. | March 28, 2018, 1:37 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| High Resolution Layer - Permanent Water Bodies (PWB) and Wetlands (WET) 2012 | Partially | Used to delineate mapping units outside water bodies and wet areas. Resolution of 20 m does not fully match the mapping scale of a Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) classification of a scale of 1:10000 m. | Oct. 19, 2018, 12:49 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Density | Partially | The spatial resolution of the High Resolution Layer (HRL) does not fully match the mapping scale of a land cover / land use classification at 1:10,000. Issues can result in particular for small landscape elements. | Nov. 30, 2020, 12:56 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Urban Atlas Street Tree Layer (UA-STL) | Partially | Additional reference data for delineating building height and for calibration. Resolution and accuracy of the dataset is insufficient for the required accuracy of the product. | Nov. 9, 2018, 4:39 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| High Resolution Layer - Dominant Leaf Type | Fully | Used as additional source of reference information for generating the change product. | Nov. 16, 2018, 2:44 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| EU-DEM | Partially | Used for differentiation of woody vegetation and grassland; timeliness and resolution as well as accuracy not sufficient for the accuracy needs of the product. | Nov. 9, 2018, 4:16 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Riparian Zones Green Linear Elements | Partially | Used for delineation and creating the training dataset, but limited to European areas. Geometric consistency between reference and image data is unsufficient, which is a critical issue particularly for linear elements. | Nov. 9, 2018, 4:30 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Urban Atlas Land Cover / Land Use | Partially | The core areas of the Urban Atlas are also used for the Riparian Zones Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU). This requires recoding since the nomenclature among the two products differs. Additional effort is required to guarantee topological consitencies among the covered core areas and LC/LU within Riparian zones outside the Urban Atlas core areas. Information on urban land use and on degree of imperviousness within dense urban Areas used for the production of the skeleton (intermediate product). Focusses on urban LC/LU only, therefore only partially compliant with the requirement. | March 28, 2018, 1:55 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Wikimapia | Partially | Auxiliary datasource used by interpreters to contrast with availbable very high resolution (VHR) image sources. Not fully compliant due to update frequency, coverage and resolution issues. | April 20, 2018, 9:59 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| European Settlement Map | Partially | Represents the percentage of built-up area coverage per spatial unit. Reference year 2012. | Nov. 21, 2020, 11:04 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Riparian Zones Land Cover / Land Use | Fully | Additional Information on Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) for product generation. Full compliance for product generation. Used for calibration of the path distance for the Riparian Zones modeling, limited to Riparian Features only. Partial compliance for calibration/validation. | Oct. 19, 2018, 12:19 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| High Resolution Layer - Grassland | Fully | Automated derivation of classification training samples from additional reference data. | Nov. 6, 2018, 12:47 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| High Resolution Layers - Water & Wetness | Fully | Automated derivation of classification training samples from additional reference data. | Nov. 6, 2018, 12:49 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness | Fully | Used as basis for the detection of change in urban areas. | May 15, 2019, 10:40 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Natura 2000 Land Cover / Land Use | Partially | only covers selected Natura 2000 sites across Europe. | May 3, 2020, 10:36 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| High Resolution Layer - Forest Type | Fully | Information on forest land cover for complementing land cover (for resolution of 20m). | May 20, 2020, 9:59 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS) | Partially | The Land Use/Cover Area Statistical Frame Survey (LUCAS) is used as additional source for a more accurate differentiation between cropland and grassland; unsufficient coverage and timeliness is an issue. The LUCAS sampling grid requires densification to be used for calibration and validation at scales of 1:5000 - 1:10000. | Nov. 9, 2018, 4:16 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) | Partially | Would be appreciated for various products and as reference data source at several processing steps, e.g. as as reference data for the production of the skeleton (intermediate product) and for differentiation of the various Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) classes. However: limited availability and accessibility, highly variable quality across EU member states, unsufficient coverage and differing accuracy limit it to only partial compliance. Efforts have to be made for recoding and re-editing LC/LU classes. | April 16, 2018, 1:44 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| OpenStreetMap | Partially | Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) information, roads and railways useful to derive the skeleton of mapping units for LC/LU classification at scales around 1:10000; For validation, particularly valuable for the Riparian Zones products and the Urban Atlas. Accuracy, update frequency, as well as coverage could be an issue. | March 28, 2018, 2:03 p.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| INSPIRE Annex II: Land cover | Partially | The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. The timeliness could be higher than required. | Dec. 18, 2020, 8:54 a.m. | June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m. | |||
| Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Land Cover Raster Product | Fully | Consists of different layers covering various topics (Forest, Grassland, Water, Imperviousness,..) | April 16, 2024, 9:55 a.m. | April 16, 2024, 9:55 a.m. |