“…In the United Kingdom (UK), the demand for land cover data has been met by the UK Land Cover Map (LCM) series, comprising LCMs for 1990LCMs for , 2000LCMs for , 2007LCMs for , 2015LCMs for , 2017LCMs for , 2018LCMs for , 2019LCMs for , 2020LCMs for and now 2021 The UK LCMs are a core part of the UK environmental data infrastructure, providing data for a wide range of en-vironmental applications and for a diverse range of users, including academics, businesses, and government departments and agencies. Government use of land cover data includes informing government decision making by exploring the impact of different land use scenarios (Harrison et al, 2022), creating new data sets to aid the implementation of conservation objectives (Natural England, 2022) and providing for the UK's natural-capital accounts (Office for National Statistics, 2021).…”