Land Use
About Land Use
Land Use provides an intelligent map layer identifying land use and land cover in your area of interest. Supplied as an attribute to your large scale mapping bases these highly detailed land use databases, for urban and rural areas, are created by extracting information from high-resolution aerial imagery and combined with field verification by land use experts.
Features
- Land use database compatible with NLUD 3.3. (Land use and land cover categories compatible with NLUD 4.4 available on request).
- Derived from high resolution, aerial photography and field verification
- Compatible with UKMap and Ordnance Survey mapping
- Raster and vector databases in industry standard formats
- Bespoke project options
Applications
- Local planning
- Contaminated land assessment
- Green and Brownfield site selection
- Strategic planning
- Retail site selection
- Land management
- Road and network modelling
- Crime Analysis
- Urban renewal
Quote
“The Cities Revealed Land Use map has transformed the way we are able to instantly view and interpret urban areas for establishing well-managed greenspace in Scotland.” Scottish Natural Heritage