Ramsar Wetland of International Importance (Scotland)

Ramsar sites are classified to meet the UK's commitments under the Ramsar Convention. The UK's ratification also extends to its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. These sites comprise of globally important wetland areas and may extend into the marine environment.

https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/international-designations/ramsar-sites

https://www.ramsar.org/

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Identification info

Alternative title

Ramsar site
Metadata Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
2024-01-23
Identifier
RAMSAR
Point of contact
  NatureScot - Data Supply ( Geographic Information Group )
Great Glen House , Inverness , IV3 8NW , United Kingdom
Maintenance and update frequency
Quarterly

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Limitations on Public Access
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

no limitation
Spatial representation type
Vector
Distance
5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Topic category
  • Environment
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Temporal reference

Temporal extent
Begin
2001
End
2011
 
Temporal extent
 
 
Code
EPSG:27700
Code
EPSG:4326
Code
EPSG:4258

Distribution Information

Data format

Data format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

ESRI File geodatabase

KML

Geopackage

GeoJSON

GML
 

Transfer options

Resource Locator
Protocol Resource Locator Name

OGC:WMS

 		https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/ows?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

ramsar

OGC:WFS

 		https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protectedareas:ramsar

WWW:DOWNLOAD:ESRI Shapefile

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip

ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

WWW:DOWNLOAD:ESRI File geodatabase

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip

ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)

WWW:DOWNLOAD:GML

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip

GML (EPSG:4258)

WWW:DOWNLOAD:Geopackage

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip

Geopackage (EPSG:27700)

WWW:DOWNLOAD:GeoJSON

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip

GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/ramsar-wetlands-of-international-importance/explore

NatureScot OpenData Hub

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/www/maps/naturescot-data-viewer.html?layer=protectedareas:ramsar

NatureScot Map Viewer
 
 

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
Degree
false
Statement

Wetlands are areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water. Waterfowl are birds ecologically dependent on wetlands.
 

Metadata

File identifier
63FEF99D-FA1B-4946-B794-DFCB4ABB3BF2 XML
Metadata Language
English
Resource type
Dataset
Metadata Date
2024-11-14T10:20:56.867Z
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Point of contact

Individual name

Data Supply
Organisation name

NatureScot
Position name

Geographic Information Group
Delivery point

Great Glen House
City

Inverness
Postal code

IV3 8NW
Country

United Kingdom
Electronic mail address

data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot

Role
Point of contact
Point of contact
  NatureScot - Data Supply ( Geographic Information Group )
Great Glen House , Inverness , IV3 8NW , United Kingdom
https://opendata.nature.scot/search
 
 
 

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