Description: The CORINE (Co-ORdinated INformation on the Environment) dataseries was established by the European Community (EC) as a means of compiling geo-spatial environmental information in a standardised and comparable manner across the European continent. The first iteration of the dataseries covered the reference year of 1990 with subsequent releases covering the years 2000, 2006 and 2012. The first dataset in 1990 provided a ‘snapshot’ baseline of the geographical distribution of natural and built environments across Europe. Through this baseline and subsequent updating of changes, CORINE has become a key data source for informing environmental and planning policy on a national and European level. CORINE is co-ordinated and part-financed by the European Environment Agency under the Copernicus (formerly GMES) land monitoring programme. On a national level in Ireland, the Environmental Protection Agency has been co-ordinating the CORINE project since 2000 under its role as the Irish National Focal Point (NFP) and National Reference Centre (NRC) for EIONET and GMES Land monitoring activities.
Description: The land cover database was based on the interpretation of satellite images for 1989 and 1990, with land cover types in 44 standard classes. The map was created in GIS ARC/INFO format, at an original scale of 1:100,000, which was consistent and comparable with similar land cover databases in other European countries.
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Analysis of the land cover classification change between 1990 and 2000 CORINE land classification surveys. This is polygon geometry of the Corine Land Cover Changes larger than 5 hectares between 1990 and 2000. It is based on EU devised Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.
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Revision of CLC2000 was required to delineate changes accurately during production of CLC2006. Corine Land Cover (CLC) is a map of the European environmental landscape based on interpretation of satellite images. The CLC2000 database was created by first assessing and correcting the existing CLC1990 land cover database and images for geometric and thematic content, then land cover changes were mapped using 2000 satellite imagery and ancillary data. The 2000 CORINE update was managed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ireland. ERA-Maptec was contracted by the EPA to undertake the technical aspects of the update.
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Analysis of the land cover classification change between 2000 and 2006 CORINE land classification surveys. Corine Land Cover Changes 2000-2006 is map of the changes in Irish environmental landscape between 2000 and 2006, based on revised Corine 2000 database. It is based on EU devised Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.
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Continuing the CLC dataseries, CLCL 2006 produced a revised version of the CLC 2000 dataset, a 2000 - 2006 5ha change dataset and a new 25ha CLCL 2006 dataset. The new CLC 2006 dataset was produced by integrating the change dataset into the revised 2000 dataset. The process of mapping grasslands and peatlands to CORINE level 6, as was done in 2000, was not repeated in 2006. As part of the CLC 2006 project, the national team also undertook the verification of the GMES Soil sealing layer for Ireland which mapped artificial or sealed surfaces at a 1ha resolution.
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Corine Land Cover Changes 2006-2012 is map of the changes in Irish environmental landscape between 2006 and 2012, based on revised Corine 2006 database. It is based on EU devised Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.
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The CORINE (Co-ORdinated INformation on the Environment) data series was established by the European Community (EC) as a means of compiling geo-spatial environmental information in a standardised and comparable manner across the European continent. The latest update of the CORINE landcover inventory - CORINE 2012 - is now available for Ireland. The 2012 update includes three separate data products which provide significant improvements to the pre-existing 2006 dataset and now provides the most up to date national scale information on landcover and landuse in Ireland:
1.A revised 25ha 2006 CORINE landcover dataset
2.A 5ha 2006-2012 CORINE landcover change dataset
3.The new CORINE 2012 25ha landcover dataset
During the production of CORINE 2012, a new, semi-automated production methodology was designed and implemented by the Irish CORINE team. This approach utilised national in-situ geo-spatial information on agriculture, forestry and water bodies from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), the Forest Service, Coillte and the EPA. These data sources were used alongside remote sensing based interpretation of satellite imagery to extensively revise the 2006 CORINE dataset, improving the spatial delineation (boundaries) of landcover features and also their internal thematic classification.