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Data Description (What?)
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Alternate titles
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Dataset name: GIS_SNH_OWNER.SSSI
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Reference date(s)
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1997-01-01
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2018-12-20
+ - revision
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Abstract
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are those areas of land and water (to the seaward limits of local authority areas or MLWS) that Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) considers to best represent our natural heritage - its diversity of plants, animals and habitats, rocks and landforms, or a combinations of such natural features. They are the essential building blocks of Scotland's protected areas for nature conservation. Many are also designated as Natura sites (Special Protection Areas or Special Areas of Conservation)..The national network of SSSIs in Scotland forms part of the wider GB series. SNH designates SSSIs under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004. SSSIs are protected by law. It is an offence for any person to intentionally or recklessly damage the protected natural features of an SSSI. SSSIs were first designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The majority of these were later re-notified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. All 1981 Act SSSI designations are carried forward, and all new SSSI designations are now made, under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.
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Contact information (Who?)
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Keywords, categories, classification
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Topic category
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+ - environment,
+ - boundaries,
+ - geoscientificInformation
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Place keywords
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GB-SCT
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Theme keywords
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Protected sites; environment
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Nature conservation
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Downloadable Data
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Dataset background, process history
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Lineage, dataset history
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SSSIs were first designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The majority of these were later re-notified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. All 1981 Act SSSI designations are carried forward, and all new SSSI designations are now made, under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.The 2004 Act strengthens the protection of sites and gives legal backing to the increased involvement of land owners and managers and local communities. SNH's SSSI Data has been captured over a long period of time using a range of different source data made available to SNH through the Scottish Central Government SLA, the Pan Government Agreement and subsequently through the One Scotland Mapping Agreement. The data was revised and re-issued in 2012. Please see Access Constraints for more details. SNH also supplies a copy to Registers of Scotland for publication under the Scottish SSSI register. Designating Authority SNH Legislative Context Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (section 3). Previously the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Section 28 (as amended) and the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, Section 23 (which still applies to a few sites).
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Maintenance and legal restrictions
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Maintenance
Update frequency: continual
Access and usage constraints
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+ | Usage constraints |
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+ Available under the Open Government Licence (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), Note that this data is available to view or download on SNH website see: www.nature.scot/publications-data-and-research/snhi-information-service |
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+ | Attribution, acknowledgements: |
+ 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) |
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Geographic properties (Where?)
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Spatial Reference System
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Name: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
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Code space: EPSG
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Version: 8.6.2
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Spatial resolution
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Ground sample distance -
+ 5 metres
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Extent
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Bounding coordinates (WGS84, lat/lon)
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+ 61.8049055 |
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+ | -9.32202825 |
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+ 54.422093 |
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Name: GB-SCT
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Alternate titles
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Dataset name: GIS_SNH_OWNER.SSSI
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Reference date(s)
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1999-03-16
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Extent
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Bounding coordinates (WGS84, lat/lon)
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+ 65.171944 |
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+ 15.227695 |
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Distribution Information
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Distributor contact
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Available formats
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SDE Feature Class
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Online resource
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https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces
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download
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SNH - Natural Spaces
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Data Description (What?)
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Alternate titles
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Wild_land_areas_v4
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Dataset name: GIS_SNH_OWNER.WLA_2014
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Reference date(s)
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2014-03-31
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Abstract
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The data contains boundaries of Wild Land Areas in Scotland as determined by their level of naturalness, remoteness, ruggedness and lack of built modern artefacts. Boundaries should be considered as ‘fuzzy’ rather than definitive to reflect the transitional nature of wild land. It is an updateand replacementto the previously published Core Areas of Wild Land(CAWL)produced in 2013. Note that the areas have been renumbered sequentially and differ from those on the CAWL map.For more information visithttps://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/landscape-change/landscape-policy-and-guidance/landscape-policy-wild-land
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Contact information (Who?)
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Keywords, categories, classification
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Place keywords
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GB-SCT
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Theme keywords
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Environmental protection
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Downloadable Data
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Dataset background, process history
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Lineage, dataset history
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The data from the relative wildness map (Phase I) was split into eight wildness classes based on Jenks Natural Breaks Optimisation method. In Phase II extensive areas of the two highest classes were selected (using a guideline of >650 ha) which with their adjacent areas of high wildness suggested the largest and most wild areas. Phase III selected and defined Wild Land Areas, with boundaries drawn applying informed judgements to confirm the selection of areas following a set of guidelines. This phase allowed for the consideration of wind farm development consented or built since the wildness mapping (Phase I) was produced. Note the coastal boundaries have been cut to follow the OS BoundaryLine MHWS line. In places such as Rum and the Garvellachs this coastline was of insufficient quality so OS VectorMap District was used instead. For more detailed information visit https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/landscape-change/landscape-policy-and-guidance/landscape-policy-wild-land
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Maintenance and legal restrictions
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Maintenance
Update frequency: unknown
Access and usage constraints
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+ | Usage constraints |
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+ | Limitations of use: |
+ Available under the Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence) |
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+ | Attribution, acknowledgements: |
+ Available under the Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-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) |
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Geographic properties (Where?)
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Spatial Reference System
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Name: 27700
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Code space: EPSG
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Version: 7.4.1
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Spatial resolution
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Ground sample distance -
+ 25 metres
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Extent
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+ 60.598607 |
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+ | -7.88229 |
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+ -1.354187 |
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+ 54.995434 |
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+ 60.598607 |
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+ 60.598607 |
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Bounding coordinates (WGS84, lat/lon)
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+ 65.171944 |
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Distribution Information
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Distributor contact
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Available formats
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File Geodatabase Feature Class
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