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Countries answering the EEA survey (1) True False 1a) Methods used (totals) (4) 1 2 Not answered 1a) Methods used (sel. answers) (5) Field mapping with support of aerial photographs Field mapping with support of aerial photographs & Machine Learning and GIS techniques Field mapping with support of satellite data Field Mapping/ survey mapping Field Mapping/ survey mapping & Habitat mapping with Land cover maps or other maps Habitat mapping with Land cover maps or other maps Habitat mapping with Land cover maps or other maps & Field mapping with support of aerial photograp Not answered 1b) Key datasets used (totals) (7) 1 2 4 Not answered 1b) Key datasets used (sel. answers) (8) Field survey data & GIS Polygon-based dataset Field survey data & Orthophotos Field survey data & Satellite data Field survey data & Soil, Forest, Water, Land Cover databases Field survey data, Orthophotos, Satellite data, Soil, Forest, Water, Land Cover databases GIS Polygon-based dataset Habitat Directives/ Vegetation Databases Habitat Directives/ Vegetation Databases & Field survey data Orthophotos & Satellite data Orthophotos & Soil, Forest, Water, Land Cover databases Soil, Forest, Water, Land Cover databases Not answered 1c) National catalogue of habitats used (9) Yes Yes - Almost Almost Using existing other catalogues/databases Using existing other catalogues/databases - No Not answered 2a) Combine habitat survey data with satellite data (11) Yes In some cases Working on it 2b) Other kind of data used (totals) (13) 1 3 4 5 6 7 0 Satellite data (74) 1 Aerial photographs (16) 1 Drone data (17) 1 LiDAR data (18) 1 DEM/DTM (19) 1 Topographic/geological maps (20) 1 Hidrological maps (21) 1 Species data (22) 1 Climate data/maps (23) 1 Soil data/maps (24) 1 Forest data/maps (25) 1 Vegetation data/maps (26) 1 2c) Priority areas (totals) (28) 1 2 0 2c) Priority areas (sel. answers) (29) (HD) Habitats (HD) Habitats & Natura2000 (HD) Habitats & Urban areas Biogeographical areas Difficult to access areas Natura2000 Natura2000 & Urban areas No priority areas Not answered 2d) Develpment progress (totals) (31) 1 2 2d) Develpment progress (sel. answers) (32) Beginning phase National coverage/ working National coverage/ working - Testing phase/ case studies/ samples Testing phase/ case studies/ samples 3a) EU habitat classification (34) Annex 1 HD Annex 1 HD & EUNIS EUNIS EUNIS, CORINE & MAES Natura2000 3b) Crosswalk tables (35) Yes Yes - Some Some Yes, but not used No No need 3c) Used products (totals) (37) 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 0 Sentinel 1 (76) 1 Sentinel 2 (77) 1 Landsat 8 (and older) (78) 1 RapidEye (79) 1 Spot5 (and earlier) (80) 1 SuperView (81) 1 WorldView (82) 1 PlanetScope (83) 1 HyMap (84) 1 Copernicus HRL (85) 1 Copernicus HR-VRR (86) 1 Copernicus SWF (87) 1 LiDAR (88) 1 DEM (89) 1 Moisture maps (90) 1 Airbone Optical (91) 1 Drones (92) 1 3d) Share of satellite data used (56) 0% ~10% 100% Varying n.a./can’t say for sure Not answered 3e) Spatial resolution (57) 10m raster 10m raster & 0,2 m aerial photos 10m raster, 0,2 m aerial photos & 1:10000 vector map 10m raster & 0,5m aerial photos 10m raster & 1:5000 vector map 10m raster & 1:10000 vector map 10m raster & 1:20000 vector map 10m raster & 1:25000 vector map 20m raster 100m raster 100m raster & 0,1 aerial photos 1:25000 vector map n.a. Not answered 3f) Airbone combination (58) Sat with aerial Sat with drone Sat with LiDAR Aerial with LiDAR Aerial with field survey Drone with field survey Cannot answer No n.a. Not answered 4a) Ground truth (60) Field observations/ survey monitoring Field observations/ survey monitoring & Aerial photographs int. Field observations/ survey monitoring & Existing maps Field observations/ survey monitoring & UAV data analysis Field observations/ survey monitoring, Aerial photographs int., UAV data analysis & Existing maps Field observations/ survey monitoring, Satellite image interpretation & UAV data analysis Aerial photographs int. Gridded data from sites Expert knowledge n.a. 4b) Ground survey (61) Yes Sometimes (if needed) Outsourced to experts Not yet, but planned n.a. 4c) Challenges validation (62) Many Habitat state/condition and management activities Lack of ground truth data Small scale habitat classification Remote habitats Clear differences between certain habitats Time difference between reference data/year and remote sensing data & Expert knowledge Time difference between reference data/year and remote sensing data & Mapping of riverine water bodies below certain width Missing data Use of satellite data Geolocation of training data & n.a. Clouds in timeseries Cannot tell Not answered 5a) One-off work (64) One-off In between Regular 5b) Open source (65) Yes Yes - Yes, but not openly available. Need to contact for product use Yes, but not openly available. Need to contact for product use Yes, but not openly available. Need to contact for product use - Developing Mostly Mostly - National scale Developing Not answered 5c) Key_bottelnecks (66) Financial resources Financial resources & Methods/ models Financial resources, Human resources & Data Financial resources, Human resources & Methods/ models Financial resources, Human resources, Methods/ models & Data Financial resources, Methods/ models & Data Human resources Human resources, Data & Time Methods/ models Methods/ models & Data Data Not answered 6a) Not working methods (68) Machine Learning dependent on training data Satellite-based habitat identification Identification of (certain) habitats Use of UAVs No Cannot tell n.a. Not answered 6b) Reccomendations digital methods (69) Combination of aerial image and nDSM Use of AI if data is available Use of satellite data & Extensive field data Use of LiDAR data Use of LiDAR data & Early contact with end-user Extensive field data & Need of experts for field data Need of experts for field data Use of RS methods No Not answered 6c) Reccomendations satellite data (70) Time series Time series, Classifications & Ground truth data Ground truth data More satellite data & Collaboration of experts Collaboration of experts Use the appropriate training data and also diverse satellite data as predictors Common web based information system for habitat mapping No Not appropriate for all cases and scales Not answered 6D) Other comments (71) Role of satellite data for habitat mapping needs to be defined n.a. n.a. & National Nature data (‘NKK’) is validated via field visits, so it can be used as in-situ validation data for RS data No other comments In situ data can be asked, if we get more accurate info about what exactly is needed References to publications Not answered EEA countries (73)