Identification

Title

Ramsar sites

Alternative title(s)

Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (the Ramsar Convention) 1973

Abstract

A Ramsar site is the land listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (the Ramsar Convention) 1973. Data supplied has the status of "Listed". The data does not include "proposed" sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. By using this data you are accepting the Terms of Use for Natural England’s Information and Data as published at: http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright If you wish to use the data for commercial purposes you should contact Natural England's Enquiry Service, tel: 0845 600 3078, email: enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.gis.naturalengland.org.uk/pubs/gis/GIS_register.asp

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

uknest00000064

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

Additional information source

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

planningCadastre

oceans

farming

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

environment

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV)10

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-12-31

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.41736

East bounding longitude

2.05827

North bounding latitude

55.7447

South bounding latitude

49.8625

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

0

Maximum value

0

Coordinate reference system

authority code

code identifying the coordinate reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::5701

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1970-01-01

End position

2099-01-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-11-01

Frequency of update

monthly

Quality and validity

Lineage

All data is captured to the Ordnance Survey National Grid sometimes called the British National Grid. OS MasterMap Topographic Layer – produced and supplied by Ordnance Survey from data at 1:1250, 1:2500 and 1:10000 surveying and mapping standards - is used as the primary source. Other sources – acquired internally and from external suppliers - may include aerial imagery at resolutions ranging from 25cm to 2m, Ordnance Survey 1:10000 raster images, historical OS mapping, charts and chart data from UK Hydrographic Office and other sources, scanned images of paper designation mapping (mostly originally produced at 1:10560 or 1:10000 scales), GPS and other surveyed data, and absolute coordinates. The data was first captured against an August 2002 cut of OS MasterMap Topography. Natural England has successfully uploaded an up-to-date version of OS MasterMap Topographic Layer. However, we have not yet updated our designated data holding to this new version of MasterMap. This should occur in the near future, when we will simultaneously apply positional accuracy improvement (PAI) to our data.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

The Ramsar Convention 1973.

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

1973-12-31

degree

true

explanation

The data conforms to all aspects of the specification.

Data format

name of format

MapInfo tab and ESRI shp

version of format

MapInfo Professional 9.5 and ESRI ArcMap 9.2

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Use constraints

Use limitation

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Enquiries Service

organisation name

Natural England

email address

enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Enquiries Service

organisation name

Natural England

full postal address

1 East Parade

Sheffield

S1 2ET

United Kingdom

telephone number

facsimile number

email address

enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2010-11-30T14:39:52

Metadata language

eng