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Synthetic working data

Explore the starter data

We used AI-assisted research to investigate the published sources, then created 20 non-sensitive synthetic records shaped by what those sources expose. It is starter data for exploration—not real service data or evidence.

Read the note on this dataset

Twenty invented change rows standing in for what a land cover comparison reports, with ten lettered tiles the size of a survey square, one broad habitat class each, and a hectares-changed figure for two periods.

Every record in the file

Inspect, compare, understand

Use 20 synthetic change rows across ten survey-sized tiles to explore land-cover change without imagery or licensing questions. Switch views without losing the description, source file, or limitations on this page.

SYN-EO-01Tile 011998-2007Improved grassland1.8
SYN-EO-02Tile 012007-2024Improved grassland0.6
SYN-EO-03Tile 021998-2007Broadleaved woodland0.4
SYN-EO-04Tile 022007-2024Broadleaved woodland1.2
SYN-EO-05Tile 031998-2007Bog-2.1
SYN-EO-06Tile 032007-2024Bog-0.7
SYN-EO-07Tile 041998-2007Arable and horticulture-1.5
SYN-EO-08Tile 042007-2024Arable and horticulture2.3
SYN-EO-09Tile 051998-2007Built-up land and gardens0.9
SYN-EO-10Tile 052007-2024Built-up land and gardens1.6
SYN-EO-11Tile 061998-2007Neutral grassland-0.8
SYN-EO-12Tile 062007-2024Neutral grassland-1.4
SYN-EO-13Tile 071998-2007Coniferous woodland2.6
SYN-EO-14Tile 072007-2024Coniferous woodland-3.2
SYN-EO-15Tile 081998-2007Fen, marsh and swamp-0.3
SYN-EO-16Tile 082007-2024Fen, marsh and swamp-0.5
SYN-EO-17Tile 091998-2007Dwarf shrub heath-1.1
SYN-EO-18Tile 092007-2024Dwarf shrub heath-0.2
SYN-EO-19Tile 101998-2007Standing open water0.2
SYN-EO-20Tile 102007-2024Standing open water0.1
Synthetic working data

AI-assisted research helped identify and interpret the published sources. We then created a small, non-sensitive synthetic dataset shaped by the information those sources expose. It is for exploration—not evidence, training, or operational decisions.

Method note

How it was prepared

AI authored fictional lettered tiles with one broad habitat class and hectares-changed figures for two periods.

Conditions for use

What this dataset cannot tell you

  • The tiles are numbers and the hectares are invented, so no row here says anything about land anywhere in Northern Ireland.
  • A hectares-changed figure has already thrown the picture away: cloud, shadow, tide, season, and alignment error are what a real pipeline argues about, and none of them survive into a table.
  • One class per tile is a fiction — a real square holds a mosaic — and where one class ends and the next begins is itself a judgement.
  • It is invented. No record describes a real person, place, case, or measurement, and no result computed from it is evidence that anything works in a live service.