Identification

Title

Land Classification of Shetland 1974 View Service

Abstract

This is a web map service for the Land Classification of the Shetland Isles. The classification was originally developed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) in 1974 as a framework for ecological sampling and is a stratification of the land into a set of sixteen environmental strata at a 1km resolution. Each strata is an area sharing similar environmental characteristics (such as altitude, geology, distance from sea). The web map service contains two layers: 1) EnvironmentalStrata - all sixteen land classes; 2) OverviewOfStrata - land classes arranged into four related groups. The strata may briefly be described thus: Classes 1-4 - Coastal strata with few rivers running into the sea, gentle terrain; Classes 5-8 - Coastal strata with more sea and steeper slopes; Classes 9-12 - High altitude inland group, with few small water bodies; Classes 13-16 - Lower altitude zones with much peat and freshwater lochans. The four strata within each of these groups contain subtly different variations.

Resource type

service

Resource locator

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/maps/ebde9ef5-744e-4813-ac2f-864dfe14868b?service=WMS&request=getCapabilities&cache=false&

name: getCapabilities response

description: getCapabilities response for this WMS (xml)

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ebde9ef5-744e-4813-ac2f-864dfe14868b

codeSpace

Coupled resource

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

authority code

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

4326

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

Spatial data service type

view

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Bio-geographical Regions

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

stratification

strata

statistical sampling

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.12

East bounding longitude

-0.69

North bounding latitude

60.86

South bounding latitude

59.84

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2015-09-01

date type

creation

effective date

1974-08-01

Frequency of update

Conformity

Data format

name of format

JPEG

version of format

unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

unknown

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

eidc@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

eidc@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

eidc@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-10-18T13:05:20

Metadata language