Identification

Title

SNH Natural Heritage Futures

Abstract

Many countries around the world have begun to adopt zonation systems as a strategic framework to guide their approach to the conservation, enhancement, understanding and use of the natural heritage. The natural heritage zonation approach adopted by SNH is intended to provide a logical framework, reflecting the diversity of Scotland's natural heritage, within which SNH can clearly and simply plan and execute its work. The zones are not, therefore, intended as a classification of the natural heritage but, rather as an operational tool which is founded in the natural heritage.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

NHFZ

codeSpace

http://www.snh.gov.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

British National Grid

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2009-09-22

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.973424529673677

East bounding longitude

-0.2068298247232634

North bounding latitude

61.22720489109619

South bounding latitude

54.39503064605986

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The boundaries of the zones are primarily based upon three SNH geographic datasets: Biogeographic Zones, Landscape Character Assessment boundaries and the existing SSSI boundaries. The relevant boundary sections were copied directly from these datasets. The sources used in each section of an NHF boundary are recorded in nhz_lin.shp.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

GML

version of format

3.2.1

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

no usage limitation

Limitations on public access

Available under an OS Open Data licence. You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright Scottish Natural Heritage Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (year)

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Systems & Data Coordinator

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

INVERNESS

IV3 8NW

telephone number

01463 725000

email address

data_supply@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Support Officer

organisation name

Scottiah Natural Heritage

full postal address

telephone number

facsimile number

email address

duncan.blake@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-07-08

Metadata language