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The United Kingdom (UK) has a long heritage in the development and application of land cover mapping approaches based on Earth Observation (EO) data. This began in 1990 with a simple pixel-based classification and the latest iteration in 2007 was an object-based map fully aligned with the national cartographic dataset. During this time the UK has adopted innovative processing methods and data specifications and applied them operationally at the national scale. The UK mapping is now being integrated with the European activity through the use of GMES data and services and coordinated delivery of European mapping products.
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The work reported in this chapter has been the results of a broad spectrum of activity under the banner of the Land Cover Maps within the UK Countryside Survey program. There has been a large team of people involved in these activities over the years from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (formerly the Institute for Terrestrial Ecology). The work was funded by a range of government departments and agencies led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Natural Environment Research Council and the UK Space Agency (formerly the British National Space Centre).
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Smith, G.M. (2014). Land Use & Land Cover Mapping in Europe: Examples from the UK. In: Manakos, I., Braun, M. (eds) Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7969-3_17
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