Identification

Title

Scotland's wildness - absence of modern artifacts

Abstract

One of four component layer of the Scottish map of relative wildness. This layer shows the level of modern artefacts (detractors)that are visible. The dataset is on a scale of 1-256 indicating relative levels of visual influence. 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. NextMap Digital Surface Model (DSM) gives the height of the surface including the detractors from which a viewshed can be produced. Viewsheds up to 15 km were created for 3 feature layers at 50m resolution, 1) Buildings and other structures, 2) Railway lines, roads and tracks and 3) Pylons and ski lifts. A fourth viewshed up to 30 km was created for wind turbines whose heights were added to a DTM. The resulting calculations were then re-scaled 1-256 to produce the map of lack of built human artefacts.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/WILDNESS-ART_SCOTLAND_TIFF_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

WILDNESS_ART

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Countryside conservation

Keyword set

keyword value

Elevation

Geology

Soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.45

East bounding longitude

1.78

North bounding latitude

60.86

South bounding latitude

49.86

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2014-06-23

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data sources: OS MasterMap for buildlings, railway lines, roads, tracks, pylons: 2014 SNH, RenewablesUK and OS Points of Interest for wind turbine locations: Dec 2013 The 4 layers were processed in the voxel viewshed tool developed by Leeds University, based on the resampled NextMap DSM. All 4 layers were processed at 50m resolution. Normalised unlogged values from the viewhsed tool were used. The four layers were added together and then the values logged. The accuracy of the dataset is dependent upon the completeness, spatial accuracy and date of all the above sources. http://www.nature.scot/protecting-scotlands-nature/looking-after-landscapes/landscape-policy-and-guidance/wild-land/mapping/

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Available under the UK Open Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright NatureScot Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (year)

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no limitation

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

GI Analyst

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Inverdee House, Baxter Street, Torry

Aberdeen

AB11 9QA

United Kingdom

telephone number

01224 266502

email address

duncan.blake@nature.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Information Group

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

web address

https://opendata.nature.scot/search

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

description: Our OpenData Hub allows you to download a wide range of the spatial data held by NatureScot. You can browse through the data available, and access the data in several GIS formats as well as our OGC services.

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

GI Analyst

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Inverdee House, Baxter Street, Torry

Aberdeen

AB11 9QA

United Kingdom

telephone number

01224 266502

email address

duncan.blake@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-07-18T09:36:58

Metadata language