Identification

Title

Scotland's wildness - remoteness

Alternative title(s)

Remote_raw_mask_int_isl_unlog_256

Abstract

One of four component layer of the Scottish map of relative wildness. This layer shows remoteness from the public road, rail and ferry network. The dataset is on a scale of 1-256 indicating relative levels of remoteness. 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. Remoteness is taken as the relative time taken to walk from the nearest public road, railway stationor ferry landing (being the point of mechanised access), taking account of distance, relative slope, ground cover and barrier features such as open water and very steep ground.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://cagmap.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/dataset.jsp?code=WILDNESS-REM

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

name: NatureScot - Natural Spaces download page

function: information

https://cagmap.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/download/WILDNESS-REM/tif

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

name: GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

WILDNESS_REM

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Countryside conservation

originating controlled vocabulary

title

IPSV v2.0

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2007-07-31

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.421293

East bounding longitude

-0.619341

North bounding latitude

60.863404

South bounding latitude

54.542839

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

ISO 3166

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2006-07-11

code identifying the extent

GB-SCT

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2010

End position

2012

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2012-02-03

date type

creation

effective date

2012-02-01

date type

revision

effective date

2014-06-23

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data sources: OS MasterMap ITN for source road data: 2014 OS MasterMap Topography for river, track, footbridge and ford data: 2014 Land Cover Map 2007 for vegetation data: 2005-2007 NextMap DTM generalised to 25m for slope data: 2002 Ferry routes from OS raster mapping. The dataset is at 25m resolution. The methodology applies Naismiths's Rule incorporating Langmuir's corrections to calculate travel time. Barriers to travel are taken to be slopes greater than 45 degrees and open water. Further time-delays are added for bogs, wetlands, dwarf shrub heath, coastal habitats and forest. Mapped tracks and foot bridges allow for faster travel. Remoteness is calculated using the PathDistance function in ArcGIS to estimate walking speeds based on relative horizontal and vertical moving angles across the terrain surface together with appropriate cost or weight factors incurred by crossing different land cover types and the effects of barrier features The accuracy of the remoteness dataset is dependent upon the completeness, spatial accuracy and date of all the above sources. For more detailed information visit http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/looking-after-landscapes/landscape-policy-and-guidance/wild-land/mapping/

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI ArcINFO grid

version of format

-

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

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)

Constraint set

Use constraints

no limitation

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

SNH Landscape Group

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

014630725000

email address

simon.brooks@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

Data Support Officer

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

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geographic Systems and Data Officer

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

01463725117

email address

data_supply@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-03-04

Metadata language

eng