{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089/annex-III/division-2/division-2.1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2010/1089",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089",
  "path": "annex/III/division/2/division/2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In addition to the definitions set out in Article 2, the following definitions shall apply:\n(1)‘classification system’ means a system for assigning objects to classes, in accordance with ISO 19144-1:2012;\n(2)‘discrete coverage’ means a coverage that returns the same feature attribute values for every direct position within any single spatial object, temporal object or spatiotemporal object in its domain, in accordance with EN ISO 19123:2007;\n(3)‘land cover object’ means a spatial object (point, pixel or polygon) where the land cover has been observed;\n(4)‘legend’ means the application of a classification in a specific area using a defined mapping scale and specific data set;\n(5)‘minimal mapping unit’ means the smallest area size of a polygon allowed to be represented in a particular land cover data set;\n(6)‘situation’ means the state of a particular land cover object at a particular point in time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1253/2013 of 21 October 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1089/annex/III/division/2/division/2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:29.783808+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}