4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313235313933 English Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2026-03-03T12:02:38.252Z NRW 1.0 wel British National Grid (EPSG::27700) Mynydd Du Vegetation Map 2019 Mynydd Du Vegetation Map 2019 Map Llystyfiant Mynydd Du 2019 Mynydd Du Vegetation Map 2019.hdr Mynydd Du Vegetation Map 2019.dat 2021-08-17 NRW_DS125193 The extent of land cover classes on the common lands of Mynydd Du in the western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park derived from satellite imagery. The classes include dominant vegetation type, rock outcrop and scree, road and lake. The land cover classes follow the scheme used by the Meithrin Mynydd 1997 survey but with adjustments where some classes could not be separated. The dataset was derived from Sentinel 2 satellite imagery from 2019 with a pixel size of 10m by 10m on the ground. The goal was to extend vegetation mapping of the west end of Mynydd Du from 2018 carried out by NRW's Environmental Assessment Officer and so provide up-to-date vegetation mapping of upland grassland, moor and mire in an area actively managed by commoners for sheep grazing in collaboration with the BBNPA. The extent of land cover classes on the common lands of Mynydd Du in the western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park derived from satellite imagery. The classes include dominant vegetation type, rock outcrop and scree, road and lake. The land cover classes follow the scheme used by the Meithrin Mynydd 1997 survey but with adjustments where some classes could not be separated. The dataset was derived from Sentinel 2 satellite imagery from 2019 with a pixel size of 10m by 10m on the ground. The goal was to extend vegetation mapping of the west end of Mynydd Du from 2018 carried out by NRW's Environmental Assessment Officer and so provide up-to-date vegetation mapping of upland grassland, moor and mire in an area actively managed by commoners for sheep grazing in collaboration with the BBNPA. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Habitats and biotopes Land cover GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme Mynydd Ddu satellite images upland habitats NRW Thesaurus 2025-01-08 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords Habitat extent SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2024-06-19 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml This data is comprised of a mixture of third party owned records and NRW records. The data is also considered OS derived data and is therefore jointly owned by NRW and the Ordnance Survey. There are no access restrictions on this data. However there are third party use restrictions. no limitations © CNC/NRW, © Ordnance Survey and © JNCC. Data may be re-used under provision and in line with the terms of a NRW licence. Those seeking commercial re-use require a commercial licence available from the OS. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and database right. All rights reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and Database Rights. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Sentinel-2 analysis-ready data processed by JNCC and supplied under the Open Government Licence v3 via the CEDA Archive (archive.ceda.ac.uk) NRW Conditional 10 English imageryBaseMapsEarthCover SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 Wales (WLS) -3.96721718 -3.6524059 51.79911372 51.98287722 2019-02-24 2019-06-27 32 802 Geographic Information System ENVI format classified image Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation. false Sentinel 2 imagery from 2019 for winter growth (24 February 2019) and summer growth (29 June 2019) were clipped to the Mynydd Du common land boundary, for Principal Component Analysis. The first 6 principal components were retained for classification. Pixels covered by OS MasterMap roads, lakes and mapped areas of Limestone grassland from 1997 were masked out to exclude them from the analysis. The remainder was classified by Maximum Likelihood Classification using training areas identified manually by expert knowledge instead of field work due to the time of year, COVID-19 restrictions and challenges converting the 2018 mapping into suitable training areas. Based on: a) Sentinel 2 Analysis Ready Data (ARD) processed by JNCC for DEFRA and taken from the CEDAR archive under an Open Government licence. b) OS MasterMap roads and lakes on the Mynydd Du Commons. c) The Mynydd Du Common land boundary. d) Limestone grassland areas from the Meithrin Mynydd Survey report of 1997. Sentinel imagery passed overhead around 11:30 and when combined with the east-west alignment of the ridges of Mynydd Du along with all the steep slopes facing north meant that winter imagery had north facing shadows that had an impact on classification. Accuracy not fully assessed. Sentinel 2 imagery from 2019 for winter growth (24 February 2019) and summer growth (29 June 2019) were clipped to the Mynydd Du common land boundary, for Principal Component Analysis. The first 6 principal components were retained for classification. Pixels covered by OS MasterMap roads, lakes and mapped areas of Limestone grassland from 1997 were masked out to exclude them from the analysis. The remainder was classified by Maximum Likelihood Classification using training areas identified manually by expert knowledge instead of field work due to the time of year, COVID-19 restrictions and challenges converting the 2018 mapping into suitable training areas. Based on: a) Sentinel 2 Analysis Ready Data (ARD) processed by JNCC for DEFRA and taken from the CEDAR archive under an Open Government licence. b) OS MasterMap roads and lakes on the Mynydd Du Commons. c) The Mynydd Du Common land boundary. d) Limestone grassland areas from the Meithrin Mynydd Survey report of 1997. Sentinel imagery passed overhead around 11:30 and when combined with the east-west alignment of the ridges of Mynydd Du along with all the steep slopes facing north meant that winter imagery had north facing shadows that had an impact on classification. Accuracy not fully assessed.