Coastal Observatories South West Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme Habitat Mapping
The results of the habitat mapping exercise were derived from aerial photography interpretation (API). The shapefiles produced are available to holders of OS MasterMap licenses. The habitat mapping dataset is held at Plymouth Coastal Observatory however, the Environment Agency is responsible for the GIS data as it was creating using their MasterMap licence. The survey extends from Portland Bill in Dorset to Avonmouth in Bristol and includes the Isles of Scilly. The landward limit of the survey varied but in general is determined by one of the following: Extent of aerial photography; Indicative tidal floodplain; Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs); Extent of coastal BAP habitats; 5m contour with a 200m landward buffer ; Inclusion of other target habitats. The habitat map was originally created using the Integrated Habitat Survey (IHS) classification originally developed by Somerset Environmental Records Centre. The classification was broadened to include all coastal habitats in South West England. The IHS classification had been substantially modified for the purposes of the habitat mapping. THIS was converted to EUNIS L3 by Ian Saunders at NE and forms the data NE provided to the JNCC as part of the MCZ project ÔÇô Tranche 1. A MESH Confidence Score of 86 was assigned to the dataset based on the information given in the reports supporting the GIS.
Orthorectified aerial photography used was flown to a scale of 1:5000. Photography was flown at low tide on a spring tide between the months of April and September to ensure maximum vegetation coverage. As a result of this and due to adverse weather conditions over some of the key tidal windows the whole project area was not captured in one block, but flown in stages between 2006 and 2009. Although ground-truthing was undertaken to support and validate the habitat map, not all areas were ground-truthed.
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- Alternate title
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GB100267
- Date (Publication)
- 2014-05-14T15:26:00
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Purpose
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EUNIS-translated habitat map created as part of the SW Coastal Monitoring Programme.
Originally in the Integrated Habitat Survey classification system
- Credit
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Environment Agency, Plymouth Coastal Observatory
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Plymouth Coastal Observatory
Coastal.observatory@plymouth.ac Coastal.observatory@plymouth.ac.uk
Owner
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Place
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South-west England
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- Theme
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Marine habitat mapping
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Coastal Survey
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EUNIS
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and biotopes
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Oceanographic geographical features
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- Use limitation
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Holders of OS Master Map licences (Open Government Licence for public sector information for aerial photography) - Contact Data Owner
- Access constraints
- License
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
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eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2006-01-02T00:00:00
- End date
- 2010-01-01T23:59:00
- Reference system identifier
- WGS 1984
- Distribution format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
2015
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name OGC:WMS
https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view_maplibrary/wms? gb100267
Metadata
- File identifier
- 88d938d8-051f-45ec-9891-580143632a8a XML
- Metadata language
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eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Date stamp
- 2020-01-15T12:18:19
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Graeme Duncan
Graeme.Duncan@jncc.gov Graeme.Duncan@jncc.gov.uk
Point of contact