Land data
Data describing bounded areas on the Earth's surface and their characteristics.
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Land data glossary
What is a field block, and what does declared area measure? Find concise explanations and practical examples of the terms used on the map and in the datasets.
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36Geospatial data
Data with a direct or indirect reference to a location on Earth.
Read the explanationGIS
A geographic information system for storing, analysing and presenting data by location.
Read the explanationField block
A geographically continuous agricultural area bounded by relatively stable landscape features.
Read the explanationMap layer
A thematic collection of geographic objects that can be displayed and analysed together.
Read the explanationVector data
Geospatial data represented as points, lines and polygons with explicit coordinates.
Read the explanationCoordinate reference system
The rules translating positions on Earth into coordinates in a map or dataset.
Read the explanationMetadata
Information describing a dataset's content, origin, quality and intended use.
Read the explanationPMTiles
A single-file format for serving many map tiles through byte-range requests.
Read the explanationWeb map
An interactive map delivered in a web browser with data, styling and user controls.
Read the explanationOpen data
Data that may be accessed, used and shared under clear, open terms.
Read the explanationCrop
The plant or land use declared for an agricultural field.
Read the explanationCrop code
An authority code identifying a declared crop or land use.
Read the explanationIMK area
The area in hectares declared for a field in the relevant IMK submission.
Read the explanationField number
A number identifying a field within the relevant declaration.
Read the explanationDataset edition
A time-specific version of a dataset with its own content and source basis.
Read the explanationField boundary
The polygon boundary delimiting a recorded agricultural field in a specific edition.
Read the explanationLandbrugsGIS
The authority access point for Danish agricultural map data and annual files.
Read the explanationCoastal catchment
The land area from which water and nutrients drain towards a particular coastal water body.
Read the explanationNitrogen discharge limit
The modelled limit for how much nitrogen may be discharged to coastal waters per hectare of field area.
Read the explanationNitrogen retention
The share of leached nitrogen transformed or retained before it reaches coastal waters.
Read the explanationFallow threshold
The politically defined threshold that caps regulatory pressure in a coastal catchment.
Read the explanationAllocation model
The method used to distribute a coastal catchment's total discharge ceiling across regulated field areas.
Read the explanationMARS
SGAV's platform for recording and tracking land-based measures under Denmark's Green Tripartite Agreement.
Read the explanationCarbon-rich lowland soil
Lowland soil with high organic carbon content, mapped in Kulstof2022.
Read the explanationSection 3 protected nature
Habitats covered by Section 3 of the Danish Nature Protection Act. The map registration is indicative.
Read the explanationConservation designation
Protection of an area through a specific conservation decision.
Read the explanationNatura 2000
A European network of areas designated to protect particular habitats and species.
Read the explanationNational park
A larger landscape area bringing nature, cultural heritage and outdoor recreation into a shared development framework.
Read the explanationSmall biotope
A small habitat in the landscape, such as scrub, a pond or an uncultivated patch.
Read the explanationShare of municipality area
The dataset’s area within a municipality divided by the entire municipality area.
Read the explanationClassification coverage
The share of declared agricultural area assigned to a classified crop group.
Read the explanationDeclared and mapped area
Declared area is a source value; mapped area is calculated from geographic boundaries.
Read the explanationCrop group
A collection of crop codes used to present related crops or land uses together.
Read the explanationCrop diversity
A measure of how many crop groups are present and how evenly classified area is distributed among them.
Read the explanationEcological condition
An assessment of a habitat’s condition based on information including species and habitat structure.
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