Annexes to Finding common ground: Integrating data, science and innovation for better use of land
Annexes to the Geospatial Commission report which explores land use challenges and demonstrates where innovative data analysis and evidence can support better land use decisions.
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The “Finding Common Ground” report is the culmination of 18 months of cross-sector work as part of the National Land Data Programme (NLDP), and sets out capability improvements relating to the complex spatial challenge of land use change. The report illustrates the pressures on land from multiple sectors and considers the opportunities for data to support better land use across each sector.
To supplement the report, the Geospatial Commission have published the following annexes:
- Review of Land Use Modelling: A landscape review of geospatial modelling for land use planning across academia, industry and government. This review explores how it is currently being used, and how it could be used more effectively and intensively.
- Land Use Dialogues: This engagement programme included a series of events involving civil servants and external experts, which explored the land use implications of different policy priorities across government and outlined priorities for land and modelling tools to support better decision making
- Specification for a land cover and land use map: This specification sets out how disparate land cover and land use datasets can be combined into a single map, produced and piloted in the Derry City and Strabane District Council areas of Northern Ireland.
- Land Data Specification: Designed to improve the interoperability of UK land datasets at a variety of spatial scales, this specification contains a conceptual model for land, building on the concepts for modelling land developed as part of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009, aggregating them to give a packaged, holistic view of land that could support a wide range of decision making.
Please refer to our Finding common ground: Integrating data, science and innovation for better use of land publication to access the report.