HABITAT FABRIC

Habitat Fabric integration with Buttercup platform showing natural capital summary

Habitat Fabric integration with Buttercup showing habitat composition of an area

Habitat Fabric speeds up survey times by 60%, alongside reducing GIS processing and data clean up for effective BNG screening. With 800 million + habitat polygons (with NGD OS base layer), Habitat Fabric is an authoritative and scalable dataset covering the whole of England. Designed for

For GIS managers, ecologists and biodiversity managers aiming to save time in office preparation, understanding land cover and manual digitisation.

Brochure

Through our partnership with OS, Linckia can provide a robust and defensible approach for pre-mapping and baselining using Ordnance Surveys' Enhanced Land Cover data set for a rapid and cost effective approach.

BENEFITS

Survey time and field data capture typically reduced by 60% versus image processing
Integrated attribution from all data sources refined to a clean habitat layer
Enables data standardisation in capture and processing for repeatable, consistent use
Can be integrated into our custom BNG platform but agnostic to any GIS software

FEATURES

No gaps or overlaps
Canopy extracted from OS 25cm imagery
UKHab classifications to level 3 and level 4
Secondary codes included where possible
Includes data from OS NGD land cover & Topography, RPA Chrome, Natural England's living England, priority Habs and Ancient Woodland

We refine this data specifically for BNG and bring it seamlessly into our app workflow for editing and BNG calculations.

Habitat Fabric integrated into Esri based BNG solution showing transparency functionality

GET MAPPING

Order from us directly, or though Get Mapping. We have partnered with Get Mapping to provide a joint solution, bringing together ecological expertise and trusted geo-spatial data, to help organisations manage the complexity of BNG.

Our partnership helps your teams understand landscapes, habitat extents and vegetation structure, prior to site visits, to help you plan with confidence.

API INTEGRATION

Our Habitat Fabric data is available via RESTful API for seamless integration with your existing systems. Query any location in England by drawing a polygon, searching an address, or providing coordinates, and receive detailed UK Habitat Classification data including habitat types, areas, and condition assessments. Perfect for automating BNG calculations, environmental due diligence, and land management workflows. Contact us for API access and developer documentation.