Local Landscape Areas - Scotland

There are many areas where the scenery is highly valued locally and local authorities often give these landscapes a local designation. This is to ensure that the landscape is not damaged by inappropriate development, and in some cases encourage positive landscape management. These designations play an important role in developing an awareness of the landscape qualities that make particular areas distinctive and promote a community's sense of pride in their surroundings.

The names used for such Local Landscape Areas currently vary from one local authority to another. For example, they are termed 'Areas of Great Landscape Value' in Moray, 'Special Landscape Areas' in Dumfries and Galloway, and 'Sensitive Landscape Character Areas' in Ayrshire. Guidance published by Scottish Natural Heritage and Historic Scotland (see below) suggests the name be standardised to Local Landscape Areas (LLA) now. LLAs complement the National Scenic Area designation, which identifies those landscapes that are seen as nationally important owing to their unsurpassed scenery.

http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/local-designations/local-landscape-areas/

 
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. Local Landscape Areas - Scotland. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ea8906a7-ed3e-4f1c-8c79-c8ff68a2f3d2

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Alternate title
llandd
Date ( Revision )
2020-01-23
Identifier
www.spatialhub.scot / sh_llandd

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Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units , Protected sites
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Limitations on public access
Use limitation
Use of the data is available to any organisation that is a member of the OSMA (One Scotland Mapping Agreement) or any UK academic institution via Edina's subscription Digimap service. It is not currently commercially available.
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Environment
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Reference system identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258
Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / ETRS89 (EPSG:4258) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG:3857) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • OGC:WMC (1.3.0 )

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http://www.spatialhub.scot/get-data/  
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dataset Dataset
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This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial hub.

The following quality assurance checks and corrections are carried out on the data:

- Polygons are dissolved/ aggregated by key name and local authority.

- The minimum polygon area allows in the data is 25 square meters

- Checks for invalid geometry types

- The maximum angle for any spikes is 3 degrees

- Any duplicate geometry is removed from the data

- Polygons with no key names are not removed

- Checks for basic geometry i.e. self-intersection

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Metadata

File identifier
ea8906a7-ed3e-4f1c-8c79-c8ff68a2f3d2   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-01-24
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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