Identification

Title

Scotland's wildness - ruggedness

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

One of four component layer of the Scottish wildness map. This layer seeks to capture ruggedness: 'landform which is rugged, or otherwise physically challenging' (Annex 1 SNH policy statement). The dataset is on a scale of 1-256 indicating relative levels of ruggedness. Consequently the data is best viewed at a national or regional scale. The methodology is adapted from the 2008 Wildness Study in the Cairngorms National Park.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/landscape/wcs?request=getcapabilities&service=wcs

protocol: OGC:WCS-1.1.0-http-get-capabilities

name: landscape:wildness_rug

description: Wildness - Rugged or challenging terrain

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/WILDNESS-RUG_SCOTLAND_TIFF_27700.zip

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

name: GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)

description: 106MB

function: download

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

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

name: wildness_rug

description: Wildness - Rugged or challenging terrain

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

WILDNESS_RUG

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Human health and safety

Elevation

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.80

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2010

End position

2014

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-06-23

date type

publication

effective date

2014-06-24

Frequency of update

irregular

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data sources: NextMap DTM: 2002 This layer analyses the slope and relative relief of the terrain across Scotland based on the NextMap Digital Terrain Model (DTM). Analysis was undertaken at 50m cell resolution. For each cell the standard deviation of terrain curvature within a 250m radius is calculated, with a higher score assigned to landform which is steep and/or rough. The results were re-scaled 1-256 to produce a map of relative ruggedness and resampled to a 25m output resolution. The accuracy of the dataset is dependent upon the accuracy of NextMap. This is stated as vertical accuracy +- 1m; horizontal accuracy +-2.5m (slopes <20 degrees). However errors will have been smoothed out in resampling from 5 to 50m resolution. A fuller description of the methodology is given on the wildness internet page at 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

GeoTIFF

version of format

-

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Available under an OS Open Data licence. You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright Scottish Natural Heritage Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright Copyright SNH

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no usage constraint

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Supply Officer

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Supply Officer

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

facsimile number

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-07-20T11:32:49

Metadata language