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Habitats Data - NVC Polygons

Publisher
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Updated
19 June 2024
Topic
Not set
Licence
Not set

Summary

National Vegetation Classification (NVC) survey data

Classifies British vegetation into a series of plant communities according to phytosociological groups using standard field methods and data analysis/classification techniques. The methodology is based on taking quadrats using a strict sampling system from stands of homogeneous vegetation.

For more information about the NVC classes visit https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/nvc/

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
NatureScot OpenData Hub 19/6/2024
GML (245MB, EPSG:4258) ZIP 19/6/2024
GeoJSON (150MB, EPSG:4326) ZIP 19/6/2024
Geopackage (135MB, EPSG:27700) ZIP 19/6/2024
ESRI Shapefile (130MB, EPSG:27700) ZIP 19/6/2024
ESRI File geodatabase (84MB, EPSG:27700) ZIP 19/6/2024
habitatsandspecies:nvc 19/6/2024
nvc_survey_coverage 19/6/2024
nvc 19/6/2024

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 October 2023
Harvest GUID
E8E05F3F-0351-45E7-B32F-74D1840547BB
Extent (Latitude)
61.036390661999995° to 54.529946158°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.775665812° to -0.229887956°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Dataset reference date (revision)
2010-12-31
Frequency of update
irregular
Access constraints
Available under an OS Open Data licence. 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)
Responsible party
NatureScot (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng