1. LUCAS 2015 Achievements and Dissemination
Working Group
Land Cover and Land Use Statistics

2. LUCAS production process –
Use of auxiliary information and aerial images

3. LUCAS - 2015 SURVEY SET UP 28 MS ~ 273 000 Points fieldMA ST ER
SAMP L E
Administrative boundaries: © EuroGeographics © UN-FAO © Turkstat
Points falling outside the NUTS 2013 boundaries
SURVEY SET UP
28 MS
~ Points field
~ Points PI
~ 750 surveyor
ESA Optical VHR2 coverage over EU DWH_MG2b_CORE_03

4. LUCAS dissemination

5. LUCAS Viewer
Interactive photo viewer within Eurostat’s statistical atlas

6. Current estimation process
Classification Alignment 2009/2012 to 2015
Mapping of LUCAS classification/parameters to FAO classification [fine-tuned algorithm]
Taking into account LC1/LC2 LU1/LU2
Inclusion of field and PI points to last 3 surveys
Treatment of transitional water as separate strata
NUTS 2013
Constraint to the Master Totals – IPF
QUALITY REPORT
Two sets of aggregated tables for Land Cover
LUCAS classification
FAO forest classes
Improved coherence with other existing sources

7. Eurostat Database
UNIT:
KM2
% of total area Cv
M2 per capita

8. SDG INDICATORS SDG INDICATORS: Share of Forest area
Artificial LC per capita
Change in artificial LC

9. The LUCAS Leaflet

10. Land cover / use statistics – Overview
Current Web page
Coming soon !

12. Thank you for your attention!