The National Land Cover Map was produced by the Surveying function of Tailte Éireann in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and with the support of members of the cross-governmental national land cover and habitat mapping (NLCHM) working group using a comprehensive and independent validation process in which over 20,000 land cover samples were verified by seven external stakeholder groups.
The National Land Cover Map classifies natural vegetation, freshwater, and artificial surfaces across the Republic of Ireland. This enables users to gain a greater understanding of Ireland’s diverse environments.
Developed using innovative mapping methodologies, machine learning, and remote sensing techniques, the data describes over 10 million landscape features categorised into 36 different land cover classifications designed specifically for Ireland
The National Land Cover Map has a resolution of at least 0.1 hectares, making it 250 times more detailed than CORINE, the Pan-European land cover dataset and is available in FGDB format.
Learn more about the project in the National Land Cover Map of Ireland 2018 Final report.
For further information, or to purchase Land Cover data, contact us on digitals@tailte.ie.