2012 Level 3 Land Occupancy of Nantes Métropole

2012 Level 3 Land Occupancy of Nantes Métropole

Land cover is a database that describes the geographical nature of the land. It is based on the Orthophotographie Nantes Métropole of 2012.

The 2012 SCO is made up of three levels (at least detailed to the most detailed) divided into five main types of occupation of the territory, which are:

• Artificial territories,
• Agricultural territories,
• Forests and semi-natural environments,
• Wetlands,
• Surfaces in water.

Additional information:

Level 3 is the most detailed level of legend. This is the level that is constituted first and which is the basis for the constitution of levels 1 and 2. The Minimum Collection Unit is 2000 m2 except for the posts constituting the urbanized areas related to the habitat where it is 500 m2.

Level 3 comprises 33 posts of legends divided into the five themes: artificialized territories, agricultural territories, forests and semi-natural environments, wetlands and water surfaces.