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Copernicus High Resolution Layer rasters for Iceland 2015 at 20 m — grassland, tree cover, imperviousness, water — via LMI.
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| name | lmi-hrl |
| description | Copernicus High Resolution Layer rasters for Iceland 2015 at 20 m — grassland, tree cover, imperviousness, water — via LMI. |
Pan-European Copernicus Land Monitoring Service "High Resolution Layers" clipped to Iceland and re-served by Landmælingar Íslands. Five thematic binary/percentage rasters, all from the 2015 reference year, all 20 m native resolution, all in EPSG:5325 (ETRS89 / LAEA Iceland).
Catalogue UUID: 58e1ed85-df4d-408d-a34f-d0a60628cb34
Metadata page
WMS: https://gis.lmi.is/geoserver/High_Resolution_Layer/wms
WCS: https://gis.lmi.is/geoserver/High_Resolution_Layer/wcs
WMTS: https://gis.lmi.is/geoserver/gwc/service/wmts
The same workspace is mirrored at https://gis.natt.is/geoserver/High_Resolution_Layer/ (Náttúrufræðistofnun) — either host works.
| Short name | WMS layer / WCS coverage | What | Pixel coding |
|---|---|---|---|
grassland | Grassland / High_Resolution_Layer__Grassland | Managed, semi-natural & natural grassy vegetation | 1 grass · 0 non-grass · 254 no-data inside Iceland · 255 outside |
tree_cover | Tree_Cover_Density / High_Resolution_Layer__Tree_Cover_Density | Tree canopy density 0-100 % | uint8 percentage; 255 no-data |
imperviousness | Imperviousness / High_Resolution_Layer__Imperviousness | Sealed surface 0-100 % | uint8 percentage; 255 no-data |
water_wetness | Water_and_Wetness / High_Resolution_Layer__Water_and_Wetness | Permanent / temporary water & wetness | class codes |
dominant_leaf | Dominant_Leaf_Type / High_Resolution_Layer__Dominant_Leaf_Type | Broadleaved / coniferous in tree-covered pixels | class codes |
Bounding box (EPSG:5325): 1399300, 53900, 2007200, 609200 (m)
Grid: 30394 × 27764 pixels @ 20 m
# Full 20 m GeoTIFF — Grassland is ~865 MB uncompressed
uv run python scripts/lmi_hrl.py fetch grassland
# Downsampled (scaleFactor 0.2 → 100 m, ~33 MB)
uv run python scripts/lmi_hrl.py fetch grassland --scale 0.2
# Quick WMS preview — useful for sanity-checking before a big WCS download
curl -o preview.png "https://gis.lmi.is/geoserver/High_Resolution_Layer/wms\
?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetMap&layers=Grassland&styles=\
&format=image/png&transparent=true&width=800&height=600\
&crs=EPSG:3057&bbox=200000,300000,800000,700000"
The Grassland layer marks ~4,036 km² (≈3.9 % of Iceland) as grassland under the Copernicus Pan-European definition. This is much smaller than the Graslendi polygons (vistgerðir L9.*) recorded in Náttúrufræðistofnun's 1:25 000 vistgerðir map — the two products use different definitions:
Use HRL when comparing across European countries; use NÍ vistgerðir when mapping Iceland's natural ecosystems.
rasterio.warp or pass srsName=EPSG:3057 on WMS requests.255 is the NoData fill outside Iceland and 254 is the in-mask "could
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