Identification

Title

Scottish Ferry Routes

Abstract

This dataset represents passenger and vehicle ferry services in Scotland. These are the routes for the start and end terminals in the Scottish Ferry Ports dataset. It was initially created for use within the development of the Scottish Government's Urban Rural Classification. Both subsidised and private routes are included, as well as the seasonality of the route and whether it can take vehicle or foot passengers only. Ferry routes and attributes are based upon route information obtained from operator websites (e.g. Caledonian MacBrayne, NorthLink Ferries, etc.).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/ScotGov/TransportNetworks/MapServer/WMSServer?

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: ScottishFerryRoutes

description: OGC View Service

function: information

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/ScotGov/TransportNetworks/MapServer/WFSServer?

protocol: OGC:WFS

name: TN:ScottishFerryRoutes

description: OGC Feature Download Service

function: download

https://maps.gov.scot/server/rest/services/ScotGov/TransportNetworks/MapServer/1

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

name: Scottish Ferry Routes

description: ESRI REST Service

function: download

https://maps.gov.scot/ATOM/shapefiles/SG_FerryRoutes_2020.zip

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

name: Scottish Ferry Routes

description: ESRI Shapefile Download

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

SG_FerryRoutes

codeSpace

www.gov.scot

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

transportation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Transport networks

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Ports and harbours

Ferries

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-11-18

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.80

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2010-06-04

date type

revision

effective date

2020-11-19

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The original Ferry Routes dataset was created by the Scottish Government by surveying online timetables and maps from the individual service providers (e.g. Caledonian MacBrayne, Pentland Ferries etc.). A 2016 revision to the data made improvements by integrating information from the Traveline public transport dataset, which details ferry timetables and terminals aggregated from all ferry operators. Ferry Routes were digitised against Ordnance Survey background mapping and are indicative only and may not represent the exact path travelled.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

WMS

version of format

1.3.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Routes are indicative only and may not represent the actual path travelled. The dataset includes only active ferry routes at the time of publication.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

email address

GI-SAT@gov.scot

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

email address

GI-SAT@gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-01-14T14:54:49

Metadata language