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ITE land classification of Great Britain web map service

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This web map service presents the Land Classification of Great Britain, a system dividing the country into environmental strata, or land classes, intended as a basis for ecological survey and analysis. The classification was originally developed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) using statistical grouping of environmental variables such as climate, topography, and geology. It is published by the Environmental Information Data Centre and provides a spatial framework for stratifying land into ecologically meaningful units across Great Britain, supporting ecological research, land-use planning, and environmental monitoring at a national scale.This service is a representation of the Land Classification of Great Britain. The Land Classification is a classification of sets of environmental strata (land classes) to be used as a basis for ecological survey. The classification was originally developed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology...