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Habitat Map of Scotland (HabMoS)
These data provide an initial release of combined NVC conversion data with data from the Saltmarsh survey, Sand Dune survey, Coastal Vegetated Shingle survey and extracts from the Native Woodland Survey. National Forest Inventory / SG IACS / HES Historic Landuse Assessment.
The process of reclassifying NVC to EUNIS/Annex I varies depending on the source of the data.
The NVC conversion data and the Sand Dune data have initially been converted to Annex I on a site by site basis. Annex I values have then been mapped to EUNIS at a national level. None Annex I qualifying habitats have now been reclassified to EUNIS also.
The Saltmarsh data have been mapped to both EUNIS and Annex I directly at site level. The Coastal Vegetated Shingle survey was conducted using Annex I. Only 2 Annex I habitats were mapped. These were later given EUNIS codes, one of which was a composite code. It is not possible to determine the component EUNIS types for this composite code.
Data from the Native Woodland survey has been extracted on the basis of NVC types mapping to specific Annex I habitats. This has been augmented by SNH specialist staff.
The data do not contain mosaics, geometries have been duplicated. Each habitat has:
- a geometry,
- a habitat proportion value that represents the area of the polygon covered by that habitat,
- an area figure in hectares (calculated from the proportion and the polygon geometry).
- a mosaic field indicates if the habitat is part of a mosaic a habitat number field indicates the number of habitats occurring within a specific polygon
- a habmos source indicating a broad grouping of data processed in a particular way
- a site or survey id indicating which site or survey from the wider series is referenced
- a survey type field that indicates the classification system used in the original survey
- a survey date which gives the year in which the data was collected
- a data owner - indicating where the data IPR resides
Habitat_code - This can be a EUNIS code from EUNIS, the European Nature Information System or a new EUNIS unit as created in the SNH Manual of terrestrial EUNIS habitats in Scotland ( https://www.nature.scot/snh-commissioned-report-766-manual-terrestrial-eunis-habitats-scotland)
New EUNIS units can be new sub-type that relates to an Annex I habitat type new sub-type that does not relate to an Annex I habitat type composite unit that includes a number of EUNIS types, all of which translate to the same Annex I habitat type.
Habitat_name - For EUNIS codes including EUNIS composite types that match Annex I habitats this is the Annex I habitat code and name as listed in Appendix1. For EUNIS types that do not equal an Annex I habitat this is the EUNIS name as listed in the SNH EUNIS manual correspondence tables(see Document downloads under https://www.nature.scot/snh-commissioned-report-766-manual-terrestrial-eunis-habitats-scotland)
EUNIS_COMPONENT - This field is used to list the EUNIS type if Habitat_code is a composite unit.
COMPONENT_NAME - The name of the EUNIS type. Where contributing data has been surveyed at Annex I level or converted to Annex I and then to EUNIS, the HABITAT_CODE field may contain EUNIS and EUNIS composite codes, but there will not be any values in the EUNIS_COMPONENTS or COMPONENT_NAME fields as it is not possible to derive component codes from the Annex I habitat or EUNIS composite.
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Identification info
- Alternative title
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HabMoS EUNIS habitats
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2015-07-29
- Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
- 2017-09-26
- Identifier
- 01DB019C-EEA5-2919-E063-6B20C80AB042
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Purpose
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These data provide an initial release of combined NVC conversion data with data from the Saltmarsh survey, Sand Dune survey, Coastal Vegetated Shingle survey and extracts from the Native Woodland Survey. Different sources are referenced by the habmos_source field - NVC conversion data / Saltmarsh Survey 2013 / Sand Dune Vegetation Survey 2012 / Coastal Vegetated Shingle / NWSS / National Forest Inventory / SG IACS / HES Historic Landuse Assessment.
- Credit
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© SNH. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (2017). Contains Forestry Commission information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains SEPA data © Scottish Environment Protection Agency and database right [2016]. All rights reserved. © RSPB © Historic Environment Scotland © Scottish Government
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Irregular
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and biotopes
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Species distribution
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- Use limitation
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Available under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence.Internal SNH limitation: These data are dependent on a materialised view and as such there is a 1 day latency between data being loaded into geo.Store and the attribute data in this view being updated.
- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Available under the Open Government Licence.
Acknowledgment: Contains NatureScot information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Available under the Open Government Licence.
Acknowledgment: Contains NatureScot information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Available under the Open Government Licence.
Acknowledgment: Contains NatureScot information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no conditions to access and use
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Environment
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / 27700 / 6.3(3.0.1)
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Explanation
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This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- true
- Statement
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These data are a materialised view created in the database drawing data indirectly from the following tables.
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.NVC_POLYGONS
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.NVCCONV_EC_COMMUNITY
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABITAT_SURVEY_METADATA
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.SALTMARSH_SURVEY_2013
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_SMSS_EUNIS_CONVERSION
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_SMSS_EUNIS_EXCEPTION
• GIS_CMEU_OWNER.SDVSS_2012
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.SDVSS_EC_COMMUNITY
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_NWSS_H9180_SNH
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_NWSS_H91A0_SNH
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_NWSS_H91AO
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_NWSS_H91C0
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_NWSS_H9E0_SNH
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_NFI_EUNIS_MINUS_NWSS
• GIS_EXTERNAL_OWNER.RCAHMS_HLA
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HAMOS_EUNIS_I1_V2
• GIS_OS_OWNER.OS_VMD_BUILDINGS
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_ANNEXI_TB
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_ANNEXI_EUNIS
• GIS_SNH_OWNER.HABMOS_EUNIS_MASTER
The habmos Annex I table is derived from the JNCC list of habitat types on Annex I of the EU Habitats Directive. https://jncc.defra.gov.uk/Publications/JNCC312/UK_habitat_list.asp - 19/06/2015
The mapping from NVC to Eunis classification is done on a site by site basis from the saltmarsh NVC to Eunis conversion tables edited by Susan Watt. Objective reference A1604626. Derived 07/07/2015
The Sand Dune Survey to Annex I mapping is derived from NVC conversions, processed by Carmen Mayo and extracted 2016-04-12 Updated 2017-08-29
The NVC Conversion data is derived from NVC conversions, processed by Carmen Mayo and extracted 2016-04-12 Updated 2017-08-29
The NWSS EUNIS conversions are currently at an annex I level extracted on the basis of NVC type by Forestry Commission for Scotland and in the case of H9180, H91A0 and H91E0 further processed by SNH analysts.
Certain types have bee extracted from Historic Environment Scotland's Historic Land use Assessment and converted to EUNIS 22/09/2017
Type = Airfield J4.4
Type = Cemetery J2
Type = Maritime Installation J4.5
Type = Mining area J3.2
Type = Opencast site J3.2
Type = Quarry J3.2
Type = Railway J4.3
Type = Golf Course X40
Data from Scottish Governments IACS dataset have been processed so that all the large land parcels in upland areas have been deleted using a selection method based on an upland area mask and field size. Land parcels that do not have a SAF record and any land parcels that are woodland have also been removed to allow the use of more detailed habitat information for woodlands from the Forestry Commission Native Woodland Survey of Scotland and National Forest Inventory. The resulting data has been merged to remove internal divisions and classed as EUNIS I.1 Arable land and market gardens. 28/04/2017
Buildings data from Ordnance Survey Vector Map Districts buildings layer have also been incorporated and classed as Eunis J1. 31/05/2017
EUNIS code descriptions are obtained from the habmos Eunis tables which are derived from the correspondence tables produced by Iain Strachan Objective reference A2104366 derived 22/09/2017
The materialised view is scheduled to re-generate each morning meaning that there can be 1 days latency between data being loaded and it being reflected in these datasets
Metadata
- File identifier
- 4a85ee56-d745-41fc-a06c-a4505ac7ade8 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-10-20T11:28:48
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Individual name
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GIG Data Supply
- Organisation name
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NatureScot
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data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot
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