Identification

Title

Ramsar Wetland of International Importance (Scotland)

Alternative title(s)

Ramsar site

Abstract

Ramsar sites are classified to meet the UK's commitments under the Ramsar Convention. The UK's ratification also extends to its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. These sites comprise of globally important wetland areas and may extend into the marine environment.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/ows?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

name: ramsar

description: ramsar

function: information

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protocol: OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities

name: protectedareas:ramsar

description: Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip

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

name: ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip

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

name: ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip

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

name: GML (EPSG:4258)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip

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

name: Geopackage (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/RAMSAR_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip

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

name: GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)

function: download

https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/ramsar-wetlands-of-international-importance/explore

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

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

RAMSAR

codeSpace

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

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.7769

East bounding longitude

-0.4982

North bounding latitude

61.0121

South bounding latitude

54.5299

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2001

End position

2011

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2024-01-23

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Wetlands are areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water. Waterfowl are birds ecologically dependent on wetlands.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no limitation

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Information Group

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

web address

https://opendata.nature.scot/search

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

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

description: Our OpenData Hub allows you to download a wide range of the spatial data held by NatureScot. You can browse through the data available, and access the data in several GIS formats as well as our OGC services.

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geographic Information Group

organisation name

NatureScot

full postal address

Great Glen House

Inverness

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

web address

https://opendata.nature.scot/search

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

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

description: Our OpenData Hub allows you to download a wide range of the spatial data held by NatureScot. You can browse through the data available, and access the data in several GIS formats as well as our OGC services.

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-09-18T12:03:36.061Z

Metadata language