The national land resource database (AR) classifies the land cover of mainland Norway according to its suitability for agriculture and natural plant production. National land resource datasets are available at scale 1:5.000 (AR5), 1:50.000 (AR50) and 1:250.000 (AR250). Arable land is a valid land resource attribute for certain classes of land types derived from the dataset AR5. These land types are pasture, forest, open land and marshland (peat bog). The land types have to fulfill requirements for soil quality and climate for plant production. Features in the dataset Arable land are continuous areas with the same attributes assigned according to the classification criteria of AR5 with a geometric representation as polygons. The dataset is updated annually. Arable land data are updated annually with data on from the land resource map in scale 1:5.000. This ensures that arable land are an attribute to current pasture, forest, open land and peat bog and not an attribute to previous land types of these sorts.

Forest which serves as protection for other forest or protects against nature damages. There are protective forests towards mountains or towards seas. Data is not harmonized and data do not exist for all counties.

The service contains a Landsat8 mosaic based on scenes from USGS

Data coverage of marine base maps.

The staging area dataset shows areas with natural boundaries where reindeer gather temporarily while gathering for migration, calf branding, separation or slaughter. The reindeer grazing areas where Sami reindeer husbandry takes place covers approx. 40% of the land area of Norway, extending from Finnmark in the north to Engerdal, Hedmark in the south. Sami reindeer husbandry also takes place in Trollheimen on the basis of a special legal arrangement. Non-sami reindeer husbandry takes place in the mountain areas in Southern Norway, based on agreements with landowners.

Slope is one of the terrain parameters derived from depth data. Slope shows where there are steep slopes or flat fjord bottom. Slope is presented in five steepness classes measured in degrees.

Names of Norwegian maritime areas

The dataset defines areas within the Sami reindeer grazing area where the right to herd reindeer is restricted due to special legal conditions. The reindeer grazing areas where Sami reindeer husbandry takes place covers approx. 40% of the land area of Norway, extending from Finnmark in the north to Engerdal, Hedmark in the south. Sami reindeer husbandry also takes place in Trollheimen on the basis of a special legal arrangement. Non-sami reindeer husbandry takes place in the mountain areas in Southern Norway, based on agreements with landowners.