Scotland's wildness - composite

The purpose of this data is to indicate the relative wildness across Scotland. The dataset is on a scale of 1-256 indicating relative levels of wildness. 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. Four principal attributes identified in SNH's policy statement(Wildness in Scotlands Countryside, 2002), namely perceived naturalness of land cover, ruggedness, remoteness and the lack of built modern artefacts are mapped using GIS based techniques and a combination of readily available datasets. An index of wild land quality is then derived by combining the individual attribute layers. The attribute layers are given equal weighting.
 
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Simon Brooks (Scottish Natural Heritage). Scotland's wildness - composite. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/977677fe-5688-4723-8a2f-d7baf2ad7324

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Date ( Revision )
2013-01-02
Date ( Creation )
2014-01-31
Identifier
WILDNESS-CMP
Presentation form
mapDigital Digital map

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notPlanned Not planned
Name
SDE Raster Dataset
Version
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IPSV v2.0
  • Countryside conservation
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license License
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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 and database right (year)
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no limitation
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grid Grid
Distance
25  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Environment
Geographic identifier
GB-SCT

 

Date ( Revision )
2006-07-25

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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
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  • ESRI ArcINFO Grid (- )

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SDE Raster Dataset
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OnLine resource
https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/dataset.jsp?dsid=WILDNESS-CMP  
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SNH Natural Spaces  
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dataset Dataset
Statement

The four component layers were created from the following data sources:

NATURALNESS

Land Cover Map 2007 (CEH): 2005-2007

National Forest Inventory (FCS): 2014

Native Woodland Survey of Scotland (FCS): 2014

Loch Waterbodies and GB lakes (SEPA): 2014

RUGGEDNESS

NextMap DTM: 2002

REMOTENESS

OS MasterMap ITN for source road data: 2014

OS MasterMap Topography for river, track, footbridge and ford data: 2014

Land Cover Map 2007 for vegetation data: 2005-2007

NextMap DTM for slope data: 2002

LACK OF BUILT HUMAN ARTEFACTS

OS MasterMap for buildlings, railway lines, roads, tracks, pylons: 2014

SNH, RenewablesUK and OS Points of Interest for wind turbine locations: Dec 2013

The accuracy of the wildness dataset is dependent upon the completeness, spatial accuracy and date of all the above sources. For more detailed information visit http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/looking-after-landscapes/landscape-policy-and-guidance/wild-land/mapping/

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977677fe-5688-4723-8a2f-d7baf2ad7324   XML
Metadata language
eng English
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2016-10-04
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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