Detailed land mapping
Quantify and visualise the distribution of natural and manmade pieces of land across Great Britain.
OS Land Features
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What OS Land Features provides you with
Land cover percentages
Analyse the breakdown of land across Great Britain in greater detail with percentages of land cover for each polygon. Natural land cover attributes are mapped to EUNIS and UKBAP habitat classification standards.
Land use attributes
Outline and analyse human activity with OS Land Use and OS Address attribution mapped to land polygons.
Intertidal zone
Highlight and analyse areas of land within an intertidal zone.
Use cases
- This collection is suitable for those in urban planning and development, and environmental monitoring, such as tracking natural features alongside habitat classification and detailed land cover types.
- Calculate land area classification for statistical breakdown of land cover. Conduct accurate land analysis and planning, and risk assessments, with easy-to-understand descriptions to support tasks such as investigating flood absorption rates.
Additional information
This data is generated from the National Geographic Database
The National Geographic Database (NGD) sets the benchmark in accuracy and completeness for location data. NGD data helps businesses and government make critical decisions, and deliver vital services with the utmost confidence and certainty.
The NGD is the single store of Ordnance Survey’s authoritative data for Great Britain; the repository of millions of records that precisely define the built and natural environment, in unparalleled detail.
Central to the power of NGD data is a single, structured database. Unlike previous generations of OS data, NGD data is built for analytical uses and designed to be the bedrock of more intelligent solutions. It reduces the complexity towards insight and getting the answers you need.