Identification

Title

Wild Land Areas 2014

Alternative title(s)

Wild_land_areas_v4

Abstract

The data contains boundaries of Wild Land Areas in Scotland as determined by their level of naturalness, remoteness, ruggedness and lack of built modern artefacts. Boundaries should be considered as ‘fuzzy’ rather than definitive to reflect the transitional nature of wild land. It is an update and replacement to the previously published Core Areas of Wild Land (CAWL) produced in 2013. Note that the areas have been renumbered sequentially and differ from those on the CAWL map.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/landscape/wms?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

name: wildland

description: wildland

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/landscape/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protocol: OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities

name: landscape:wildland

description: Wild Land Areas 2014

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/WLA_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/WLA_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/WLA_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: Geopackage (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/WLA_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GML (EPSG:4258)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/WLA_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)

function: download

https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/wild-land-areas-2014/explore

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

WILDLAND

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

elevation

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

landscape conservation

landscape management

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2009-07-13

Keyword set

keyword value

Land cover

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Wildlife

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-05-23

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.229

East bounding longitude

-0.705

North bounding latitude

60.86

South bounding latitude

54.525

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2010

End position

2014

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-03-31

date type

publication

effective date

2014-06-23

Frequency of update

irregular

Quality and validity

Lineage

The data from the relative wildness map (Phase I) was split into eight wildness classes based on Jenks Natural Breaks Optimisation method. In Phase II extensive areas of the two highest classes were selected (using a guideline of >650 ha) which with their adjacent areas of high wildness suggested the largest and most wild areas. Phase III selected and defined Wild Land Areas, with boundaries drawn applying informed judgements to confirm the selection of areas following a set of guidelines. This phase allowed for the consideration of wind farm development consented or built since the wildness mapping (Phase I) was produced. Note the coastal boundaries have been cut to follow the OS BoundaryLine MHWS line. In places such as Rum and the Garvellachs this coastline was of insufficient quality so OS VectorMap District was used instead. For more detailed information visit https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/landscape/landscape-policy-and-guidance/landscape-policy-wild-land

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI shapefile

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Available under the OS OpenData licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no conditions apply

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

organisation name

NatureScot

email address

data_supply@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

contact position

Policy & Advice Officer / Landscape Officer

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

44 01463 725098

email address

catherine.harry@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

SNH Landscape Group

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

44 01463 725000

email address

simon.brooks@nature.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

GI Analyst

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Inverdee House, Baxter Street, Torry

Aberdeen

AB11 9QA

United Kingdom

telephone number

44 01463 725000

email address

duncan.blake@nature.scot

responsible party role

originator

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Policy & Advice Officer / Landscape Officer

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

44 01463 725098

email address

catherine.harry@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-07-20T13:37:11

Metadata language