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NatureScot Area boundaries

Publisher
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Updated
9 January 2025
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

This dataset details the new NatureScot National Operations Areas, as of April 2023. These new areas replace the previous NatureScot SNH Areas (Post April 2011) boundaries. This dataset was digitised using the Ordnance Survey Boundary-Line open data, using the local authorities geometries.

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Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
NatureScot OpenData Hub – 9/1/2025
GeoJSON (EPSG:4326) ZIP – 9/1/2025
Geopackage (EPSG:27700) ZIP – 9/1/2025
GML (EPSG:4258) ZIP – 9/1/2025
ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700) ZIP – 9/1/2025
ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700) ZIP – 9/1/2025
administrative:nsareas – 9/1/2025
nsareas – 9/1/2025

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
08 January 2025
Harvest GUID
140c33e9-1b6c-4aef-9d59-f27f6ff05157
Extent (Latitude)
61.4646° to 54.533°
Extent (Longitude)
-7.7571° to -0.532°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2010-07-16
Dataset reference date (revision)
2023-06-13
Frequency of update
irregular
Access constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Responsible party
NatureScot (distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

Enquiries

data_supply@nature.scot

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