Scotland's wildness - perceived naturalness

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Summary

One of four component layer of the Scottish map of relative wildness. This layer shows perceived naturalness of the landscape. The dataset is on a scale of 1-256 indicating relative levels of naturalness. 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. Each different land class is given a 'naturalness score' from 1 (low perceived naturalness) to 5 (high perceived naturalness). For example built up areas and gardens are scored 1, arable and horticultural land are scored 2, calcareous grassland scored 3, acid grass scored 4 and bog scored 5. A focal statistics window of 250m is passed over the dataset averaging the naturalness values to account for surrounding areas.

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GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700) ZIP 19 July 2023 Not available
wildness_nat N/A 19 July 2023 Not available
landscape:wildness_nat N/A 19 July 2023 Not available

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Available under the UK Open Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright NatureScot Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (year)
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f646e991-4b6c-4360-b3b4-39bd33cf8346
Extent
Latitude: 60.863629° to 54.50843°
Longitude: -9.286521° to -0.61912°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Dataset reference date
2014-01-31 (creation)
2014-06-23 (revision)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
NatureScot (custodian, originator, distributor)
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Metadata language
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