Harmonized LUCAS dataset (ST_LUCAS)

ST_LUCAS is a harmonized dataset derived from the LUCAS (Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey) dataset. LUCAS is an Eurostat activity that has performed repeated in situ surveys over Europe every three years since 2006. Original LUCAS data (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/lucas/data) starting with the 2006 survey were harmonized into common nomenclature based on the 2018 survey. ST_LUCAS dataset is provided in two versions:

lucas_points: each LUCAS survey is represented by single record

lucas_st_points: each LUCAS point is represented by a single location calculated from multiple surveys and by a set of harmonized attributes for each survey year

Harmonization and space-aggregation of LUCAS data were performed by ST_LUCAS system available from https://geoforall.fsv.cvut.cz/st_lucas. The methodology is described in Landa, M.; Brodský, L.; Halounová, L.; Bouček, T.; Pešek, O. Open Geospatial System for LUCAS In Situ Data Harmonization and Distribution. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2022, 11, 361. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11070361.

List of harmonized LUCAS attributes: https://geoforall.fsv.cvut.cz/st_lucas/tables/list_of_attributes.html

ST_LUCAS dataset is provided under the same conditions (“free of charge”) as the original LUCAS data (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/lucas/data).