ReCHAR database - spatial distribution of relict charcoal hearths across Poland

This dataset comprises shapefile layers of relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) in Poland, manually identified using high-resolution LiDAR data. It contains two vector layers: location_RCH – a point layer representing the locations of 634,815 identified RCHs, without additional attributes. relict_charcoal_hearths – a point layer containing detailed attribute information for each RCH point, including: SIZE: estimated size of the hearth (in meters), LATITUDE – geographical latitude (in decimal degrees), LONGITUDE – geographical longitude (in decimal degrees), CLC2018: land cover class based on the CORINE Land Cover 2018 dataset, level 3, VEG_POT: potential natural vegetation type, SOIL_WRB: soil classification based on the World Reference Base for Soil Resources, SOIL_FAO85: soil classification based on the FAO85 system, ALTITUDE: elevation above sea level (in meters), SLOPE_DEG: slope (in degrees), NEAR_CHAR: distance to the nearest other RCH (in meters), NEAR_WATER: distance to the nearest water body (in meters), WATER_TYPE: type of the nearest water body (only lakes and rivers). Sources of attributes: CORINE land cover 2018 European Environment Agency (EEA). (2020). CORINE Land Cover 2018 (version 2020_20u1) [Data set]. Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. https://doi.org/10.2909/71c95a07-e296-44fc-b22b-415f42acfdf0 Potential natural vegetation for Poland Matuszkiewicz, W., Faliński, J. B., Kostrowicki, A. S., Matuszkiewicz, J. M., Olaczek, R., & Wojterski, T. (1995). Potential natural vegetation of Poland. General map 1:300,000. Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences. Matuszkiewicz J.M., Wolski J. (2023). Potential natural vegetation of Poland (vector version), IGiPZ PAN, Warszawa Soil types Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A., & Montanarella, L. (2022). European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13315 Panagos, P. (2006). The European soil database. GEO:connexion, 5(7), 32–33. Van Liedekerke, M., Jones, A., & Panagos, P. (2006). ESDBv2 Raster Library [Data set]. Derived from the European Soil Database distribution v2.0. European Commission & European Soil Bureau Network (EUR 19945 EN, CD-ROM). Water bodies Hydrographic Map of Poland at a scale of 1:10 000 (MPHP10) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) European Space Agency (2024). Copernicus Global Digital Elevation Model. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9028PQB.