Identification

Title

Scotland's wildness - composite

Abstract

The purpose of this data is to indicate the relative wildness across Scotland. The dataset is on a scale of 1-256 indicating relative levels of wildness. 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. Four principal attributes identified in SNH's policy statement(Wildness in Scotlands Countryside, 2002), namely perceived naturalness of land cover, ruggedness, remoteness and the lack of built modern artefacts are mapped using GIS based techniques and a combination of readily available datasets. An index of wild land quality is then derived by combining the individual attribute layers. The attribute layers are given equal weighting.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/dataset.jsp?dsid=WILDNESS-CMP

name: SNH Natural Spaces

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

WILDNESS-CMP

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

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2007-07-31

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.286068

East bounding longitude

-0.61912

North bounding latitude

60.863629

South bounding latitude

54.508673

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2006-07-25

code identifying the extent

GB-SCT

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2010

End position

2013

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2013-01-02

date type

creation

effective date

2014-01-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The four component layers were created from the following data sources: NATURALNESS Land Cover Map 2007 (CEH): 2005-2007 National Forest Inventory (FCS): 2014 Native Woodland Survey of Scotland (FCS): 2014 Loch Waterbodies and GB lakes (SEPA): 2014 RUGGEDNESS NextMap DTM: 2002 REMOTENESS 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 for slope data: 2002 LACK OF BUILT HUMAN ARTEFACTS OS MasterMap for buildlings, railway lines, roads, tracks, pylons: 2014 SNH, RenewablesUK and OS Points of Interest for wind turbine locations: Dec 2013 The accuracy of the wildness 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

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

GI Analyst

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

Inverdee House, Baxter Street

Aberdeen

AB11 9QA

United Kingdom

telephone number

01224 266502

email address

duncan.blake@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

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

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

2016-10-04

Metadata language