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GEMS LARGE SCALE FEATURES POLYGON DATASET

Publisher
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Updated
10 June 2023
Topic
Not set
Licence
Not set

Summary

Collation of large-scale features of functional significance records contributing to the Geodatabase of Marine features adjacent to Scotland (GeMS). Records are attributed as to their qualification as protected features of protected areas within the Scottish MPA network. Where appropriate typical record details will include: status as Scottish Large-scale features of functional significance or Annex I Habitat, MNCR biotope, EUNIS habitat, date, date range, year, status, accuracy, determiner and details of where the records are sourced from and intellectual property ownership. Contains attribution relating to the protected status of the various feature records. Polygon area values in the HECTARES field are calculated using ETRS89-LAEA (EPSG:3035) using the standard centre of projection at 10° E, 52° N.

Data links

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GEMS WMS 10/6/2023
NatureScot OpenData Hub 10/6/2023

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
10 June 2023
Harvest GUID
19b5a5b1-3941-4e9e-80f4-55940d683b6b
Extent (Latitude)
60.8607664336448° to 54.6332382494092°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.65000722346228° to -0.724443780321123°
Spatial reference system
4326
Dataset reference date (publication)
2019-04-04
Dataset reference date (creation)
2011-06-17
Dataset reference date (revision)
2022-03-04
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Access constraints
Data collated by NatureScot and Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Copyright ownership is recorded against individual records and varies from record to record the following are the copyright owners of individual records: British Geological Survey, Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0 from United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, GIS layers distributed by the Marine Environmental Data & Information Network (MEDIN), Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Natural Environment Research Council, Scottish Natural Heritage, UKSeaMap funding partners 2006 http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/UKSeaMap, and United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. Details of permissions to mobilise for view download and re-use are documented against individual records in the CONSENT field. Likewise records of Native oyster or Native oyster habitat are considered Sensitive under NatureScot policy and are not to be released at full resolution; such records are tagged as "Sensitive" in the CONSENT field.
Responsible party
NatureScot (distributor, custodian, originator, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng