Identification

Title

Land Classification of Shetland 1974

Abstract

The Land Classification of Shetland is a classification of the Shetland Isles into a set of 16 environmental strata, termed land classes, to be used as a basis for ecological survey, originally developed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) in 1974. The strata were created from the multivariate analysis of 150 environmental variables, including topographic data, geographical features and geology data. The Land Classification can be used to stratify a wide range of ecological and biogeographical surveys to improve the efficiency of collection, analysis and presentation of information derived from a sample. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146.zip

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

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

description: A web map service exists for this dataset

Unique resource identifier

code

1389694483389

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

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

Bio-geographical Regions

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Stratification

strata

statistical sampling

Shetland

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.119

East bounding longitude

-0.727

North bounding latitude

60.876

South bounding latitude

59.507

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1974-01-01

End position

1974-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2015-07-27

date type

creation

effective date

1974-08-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Shetland Land Classification was created in 1974 at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, using methodologies described in the supporting information. The map was later digitised by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI shapefile

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bunce, R.G.H., Bassett, P.A. (2015). Land Classification of Shetland 1974. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146

owner

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

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-02-09T11:09:18

Metadata language

eng