A broad-scale satellite-derived landcover classification habitat map for the Falkland Islands, for January - February 2018

The dataset is a raster file describing the habitat classification of the Falkland Islands and surrounding waters based principally on Sentinel 2 data acquired at various times in January through February of 2018. The map was developed by the Darwin Plus 065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project. Other datasets were utilised in the classification. Further information on the habitat mapping workflow can be found in the following document: FalklandIslandsBroadScaleHabitatMapping_Narrative_and_CM.pdf provided with the data.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated December 21, 2020, 10:10 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:25 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start 2018-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2018-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 2018
Lineage This dataset is the result of a Google Earth Engine-based random forest classification constructed principally from vegetative groundtruthing gathered between 2017 and 2018 and Sentinel2 images dated January/February 2018. A confusion matrix with values of confidence of each habitat class is provided along with the dataset. SRTM dataset was used in the Random Forest model as best representation of the Digital Elevation Model for the Falklands. Further information on the habitat mapping workflow can be found in the following document: FalklandIslands_CoastalHabitatMapping_Narrative.pdf
West Longitude -61.706905
South Latitude -53.073
East Longitude -57.538202
North Latitude -50.833339
Spatial Reference System WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations Open access
Use Constraints Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference Please acknowledge data source as: Coastal Habitat Mapping project, Golding. N, Black. B., 2020. Final Report from the DPLUS065 Mapping Falklands and South Georgia coastal margins for spatial planning project. SAERI
Data Format tiff
Update Frequency one off
Accuracy Overall medium to high (see confusion matrix for more details).
Resource Type Dataset
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2018-12-13
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID FK-SAERI-538

Dataset extent

Map tiles by Stamen Design, under CC BY 3.0. Data by OpenStreetMap, under CC BY SA.