Crop Map of England (CROME) 2023
Summary
The Crop Map of England (CROME) is a polygon vector dataset mainly containing the crop types of England. The dataset contains approximately 32 million hexagonal cells classifying England into over 15 main crop types, grassland, and non-agricultural land covers, such as Woodland, Water Bodies, Fallow Land and other non-agricultural land covers. The classification was created automatically using supervised classification (Random Forest Classification) from the combination of Sentinel-1 Radar...
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Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
© Rural Payments Agency copyright and/or database right 2024. All rights reserved.
Technical information
Update frequency
annually
Lineage
The sources for crop classification are satellite images from the Sentinel constellation and Planet Fusion. A combination of radar and multispectral imagery from Sentinel sensors was used for automatic classification based on BPS claim data. The classification was validated using independent ground observation points.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
a27312b5-d6c9-4710-ad5e-382d727c1b05
Published by
Rural Payments Agency
Contact publisher
open.data@rpa.gov.ukDataset reference dates
Creation date
15 July 2024
Revision date
04 September 2024
Publication date
N/A
Period
- From: 01 January 2024
- To: 15 August 2024
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Data and Supporting Information
| Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Download data by area of interest | N/A | Open link |
| Crop Map of England (CROME) 2023 - WMS | Preview | |
| Crop Map of England (CROME) 2023 - WFS | N/A | |
| OGC API - Features service | Open link |
| Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
|---|---|---|
| RPA CROME_Specification_v15.pdf | Download |