Summary information
Study title
Area of Forestry Commission Land in 5km Grid Squares in Scotland, 1974
Creator
Forestry Commission, Forest Surveys Branch
Study number / PID
2595 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-2595-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the number of hectares of land managed by the Forestry Commission in Scotland.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/04/1974
Country
Scotland
Time dimension
No information recorded
Analysis unit
Administrative units (geographical/political)
National
Land use planning data
Universe
Forestry Commission land in Scotland.
Sampling procedure
No information recorded
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
A transparent overlay was constructed with 1 x 1 km squares at the 1 inch to 1 mile scale and with eight evenly spaced dots per square. This was laid on the 1 inch to 1 mile OS map and the number of dots falling on land depicted as being under Forestry Commission management was counted. The number was multiplied by 12.5 to give and approximation to the number of hectares managed by the Forestry Commission. The multiplication was made on the sum of the dots for the 25 1 x 1 km squares comprising a 5 x 5 km square. Rounding to whole numbers, when necessary, was alternately up and down.
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1989
Terms of data access
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Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
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