Identification

Title

World Heritage Sites (WMS)

Abstract

World Heritage Sites are described by UNESCO as exceptional places of ‘outstanding universal value’ and ‘belonging to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located’. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to protect and preserve such sites through an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, drawn up in 1972 Scottish Ministers identify and put forward sites to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for nomination. This dataset includes both the legal designation and buffer zone boundaries of the World Heritage Sites in Scotland enscribed by UNESCO as well as non-statutory sensitive areas for planning advice. Once a World Heritage Site is inscribed, under the Convention, member states have a duty to protect, conserve and present such sites for future generations.

Resource type

service

Resource locator

https://inspire.hes.scot/arcgis/services/HES/World_Heritage_Sites/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: 0

description: Web Map Service

Unique resource identifier

code

HSWHS

codeSpace

Coupled resource

http://scotgovsdi.edina.ac.uk/srv/en/csw?service=CSW&request=GetRecordById&version=2.0.2&outputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&elementSetName=full&id=011edcca-d7b5-4d90-9a57-4b5da5a3b9c0

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

authority code

CRS

code identifying the spatial reference system

WGS84 (CRS:84)

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

Spatial data service type

view

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Historic sites and monuments

Heritage

originating controlled vocabulary

title

IPSV-Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-04-03

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

Landscape Conservation

Conservation of Monuments

Protected Area

originating controlled vocabulary

title

General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus version 2.4

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

infoMapAccessService

originating controlled vocabulary

title

INSPIRE Service taxonomy

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-04-22

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.75714

East bounding longitude

-0.53202

North bounding latitude

61.46459

South bounding latitude

54.53297

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2001-09-20

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2008-01-01

date type

revision

effective date

2015-11-04

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Conformity

Data format

name of format

WMS

version of format

1.3

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

This data is indicative only. This data is licensed under the UK Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ .

Limitations on public access

If this data is reproduced it must be attributed with the following: Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right [year]

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

facsimile number

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

facsimile number

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

facsimile number

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-06-05

Metadata language

eng