Living England 2022-3 Habitat Map

The new Living England 2022-23 habitat map is now live! Download freely from https://t.co/rR1gT2IaPl (coming soon on Magic). It’s more reliable & user-friendly than ever - providing essential habitat data for natural capital monitoring across England. pic.twitter.com/5PmDIHjeli

— NE Chief Scientist (@NEChiefSci) November 12, 2024

Visit the link, and see the details in the technical report.

 

Neighbourhood Colors

 

Another tipoff from the excellent Google Maps Mania.

How is land used in your neighborhood?

Neighborhood Colors works out the percentage of local land zoned for residential, business and recreational use. It even allows you to print out a postcard visualization of the results.https://t.co/wyWuXhRuin pic.twitter.com/K6feGbcG6i

— gmapsmania mapstodon.space/@mapsmania (@gmapsmania) August 14, 2023

It works for Berlin only... and creates a postcard with proportional shaded areas showing land use in your chosen neighbourhood.

Land Use Cover mapping

Alasdair Rae has produced a number of excellent maps, and this is one his most useful projects to date.
This BBC News article is interesting, and explains something of the project.

 
You can use the tool linked to from above to explore your own area.
Have a guess what the percentages might be before you do this, or compare your area with the country.
There are some interesting additional facts in this blog. I like this one for example:

Buildings cover less of Britain than the land revealed when the tide goes out...

Download the whole Atlas of Land Cover in the UK here....

I put in my own postcode where I live, expecting a larger than average amount for farmland...
And unsurprisingly, it is up to 81%, with only 3% built on...
 

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