1. LUCAS Advisory Group Meeting LU/LC Classification & INSPIRE compliance
11. June 2013

2. INSPIRE Directive Directive 2007/2/EC
“INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in the European Community (INSPIRE)”
 geographic or spatial information should be:
ACCESSIBLE (services, data sharing)
COMPARABLE CONTENT (harmonised data)
DOCUMENTED (metadata)

3. LUCAS Classifications examined
INSPIRE Compliance
Regulations for INSPIRE Annex II and III data sets
Overall good agreement between the 2 classifications
LUCAS needs to be fully INSPIRE compliant
LUCAS Classifications examined
LUCAS land cover survey classification – INSPIRE PLCC
LUCAS land use survey classification – INSPIRE HILUCS

4. 1) LUCAS land cover & INSPIRE PLCC
INSPIRE Pure Land Cover Components (PLCC)
- pure land cover classes
- high level classification (limited granularity)
- complete mapping for all classes required
LUCAS land cover survey classification
Mixed classes
more details
higher levels are extremely close to INSPIRE PLCC
only adjustments needed will be discussed

5. LUCAS land cover – mixed classes
C00 Woodland
Areas covered by trees with a canopy of at least 10%
D10 Shrubland
Areas dominated (more than 10% of the surface) by shrubs and low woody plants include sparsely occurring trees with a canopy between 5 and 10%.
E10 Grassland
Land predominantly covered by communities of grassland, grass-like plants and forbs, including sparsely occurring trees (the canopy is between 5 and 10 % and the total of the tree and shrub canopy is between 5 and 20 % of the area).
E30 Spontaneously re-vegetated surface
Mostly agricultural land which has not been cultivated this year or the year before. Also clear cut forest areas, industrial brown fields etc.
PATTERNS of
PURE CLASSES
Bare surface (u/c)
Herbaceous plants
Shrubs
Broadleaved forest trees
Coniferous forest trees …
Impacts mainly
on the field survey

6.  Salt or brackish water
Classes to be extended
Salines
 Chemical Deposits
include all chemical deposits
e.g. gypsum
Coastal waters
 Salt or brackish water
include all salt water bodies
& brackish water
Inland water  Fresh water

7. 2) LUCAS Land Use & INSPIRE HILUCS
Hierarchical INSPIRE Land Use Classification System (HILUCS):
- hierarchical classification (3 levels)
- mapping can be done at any level
- secondary production (raw, heavy, light, energy)
- comparison based on HILUCS classification
 AIM: mapping LUCAS to INSPIRE level 2

8. Main subdivision is the same (LUCAS, INSPIRE):
Primary production
Main subdivision is the same (LUCAS, INSPIRE):
- Agriculture
- Forestry
- Aquaculture & Fishing
- Mining and quarrying
INSPIRE HILUCS = NEW LUCAS
- Agriculture: include farm dwellings
- Add "Other primary production"
(hunting, migratory animals, natural products)

9.  well suited for evaluating the environmental impact
Secondary production
Current LUCAS is based on sectors, e.g. manufacturing of textiles, wood etc.
INSPIRE HILUCS
- Raw industry
- Heavy end industry
- Light end industry
- Energy production
New LUCAS
- Raw industry and heavy end industry
- Light end industry: food, drinks, tobacco
- Other light end industry
- Energy production
 well suited for evaluating the environmental impact

10. Detailed table (see Annex to the paper)
LUCAS LU SU 2012
LUCAS LU SU 201x
LUCAS classes
NACE rev. 2 classes and description
Proposed LUCAS 201x classes and description
U220
U221
10, 11, 12
Manufacturing of food, beverages and tobacco products
Light end product industry: food
U222 13
Manufacturing of textiles
new U223
Raw industry and heavy end product industry 14
Manufacturing of wearing apparel
new U222
Light end product industry: other 15
Manufacturing of leather and related products
U223 19
Manufacturing of coke and refined petroleum products 24
Manufacture of basic metals 25
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
U224 23
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
U225 20
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 21
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 22
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
U226
18.2
Reproduction (in the sense of copying) of recorded media 26
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 27
Manufacture of electrical equipment 28
Manufacturing of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 29
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 30
Manufacture of other transport equipment 31
Manufacture of furniture --> not subgroup wooden furniture 32
Other manufacturing
U227 16
Manufacturing of wood , wood products, cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 17
Manufacture of paper and paper products
18.1
Printing and related services
Manufacture of furniture --> only subgroup wooden furniture

11. INSPIRE HILUCS = NEW LUCAS
Tertiary production
INSPIRE HILUCS = NEW LUCAS
“Commerce, finance and business”:
- include "production of videos, motion pictures, music and the broadcasting via radio or television" in (before in “Amenities, museums and leisure”) (coherent to current NACE)

12. Main subdivision is the same (rail, road, air, water)
Transport
Main subdivision is the same (rail, road, air, water)
INSPIRE HILUCS = NEW LUCAS
- include supporting infrastructure in transport means
- transport via pipelines: to be included in the respective utilities (e.g. gas, oil, …)
Utilities
- transport via pipelines: to be included in the respective utilities (e.g. gas, oil, …)

13. Logistical and storage service
INSPIRE HILUCS = LUCAS
- remove “Support activities for transportation” (e.g. operating of airports, harbours…)
 to be included in the transport infrastructure

14. INSPIRE HILUCS = NEW LUCAS
"OtherUse"
INSPIRE HILUCS = NEW LUCAS
- include (e.g. OtherMiningAnQuarrying, OtherIndustry)
- assuring a full coverage of activities

15. Conclusions - some fine tuning - update document for next LUCAS
- update software for next LUCAS

16. Thank you for your attention!
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