Land-use maps provide information about how the land is used in an area, including natural or semi-natural land cover, as well as the different types of built environment. Any permanent or semipermanent feature that takes up space on the ground, from a post box to a large factory, may qualify for inclusion on a land-use map.
The first land-utilisation mapping of Britain was carried out in the 1930s by Sir Dudley Stamp, a professor of geography at the London School of Economics. More recent maps include the 2011 Land Cover Map project (www.tinyurl.com/5sbjvh2) which includes three-dimensional terrain models. Figure 1 shows the proportions of different land-use types in the UK, and Inset 1 shows the wide variety of applications of land-use maps.
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