How is the Agricultural Census data held at EDINA generated?
A. Edinburgh University Data Library has developed algorithms which convert the data for recognised geographies, obtained from the government departments, into grid square estimates. The key to transforming the raw data into grid square data is the definition of each geography (e.g. parish, in the case of Scotland) in terms of 1km squares. This Framework is used in conjunction with a 7-fold classification of the land-use of the same 1km grid squares called the Landuse Framework. Agricultural Census items are distributed over 1km grid squares of suitable land use. For example, crops are distributed over agricultural land but sheep can also be distributed over hill land but all agriculture is excluded from urban and inland water. For further information please refer to the ESRC RRL working paper (No.
