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DATA GUIDE
Downloading data: formats and how to use them
CSV for tables and spreadsheets, GeoJSON for GIS software and web maps.
GeoJSON (.geojson)
- Opens in QGIS, ArcGIS, geopandas, Mapbox and Leaflet.
- Coordinates are WGS 84 longitude/latitude (EPSG:4326).
- Properties include the name, class, date and harmonised attributes such as
area_ha_geodesic.
CSV (.csv)
- Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, R and Python.
- One row per feature with its attributes and coordinates of a representative point.
Tips
- In QGIS use Layer → Add Layer → Add Vector Layer.
- Areas are in hectares, lengths in metres.
- Keep the citation text from the dataset page and credit the original publisher.
- Large datasets (hundreds of thousands of polygons) can be heavy; filter first if you can.
Every download is logged under the Audit log.
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