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National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Supporting Ecosystem Service Information: Contribution to the woodland network

A raster dataset showing areas' contributing to the woodland network, including how important the area is for the network (based on habitat type and proximity to the next core area).



This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of services prioritised through stakeholder consultation and any intermediate layers created by Environment Systems Ltd in the cause of the project. The individual dataset resources in the datasets series are to be considered in conjunction with the project report: https://www.npws.ie/research-projects/ecosystems-services-mapping-and-assessment



The project provides a National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services (ES) map for a suite of prioritised services to assist implementation of MAES (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their services) in Ireland.



This involves stakeholder consultation for identification of services to be mapped, the development of a list of indicators and proxies for mapping, as well as an assessment of limitations to ES mapping on differing scales (Local, Catchment, Region, National, EU) based on data availability. Reporting on data gaps forms part of the project outputs.



The project relied on the usage of pre-existing data, which was also utilised to create intermediate data layers to aid in ES mapping. For a full list of the data used throughout the project workings, please refer to the project report.

Simple

Alternate title

3010_MAES15-ContributionTotheWoodlandNetwork

Date (Publication)
2017-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / National-Ecosystem-and-Ecosystem-Services-Map-–-Supporting-Ecosystem-Service-Information:-Contribution-to-the-grassland-network
Purpose

The project provides a National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services (ES) map for a suite of prioritised services to assist implementation of MAES (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their services) in Ireland.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

National Parks and Wildlife Service

datadelivery@housing.gov.ie

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Habitats and biotopes

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • ecosystem, ecosystem services, woodland, grassland ecosystem

National Parks and Wildlife Service

  • National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, habitat protection, heritage, National Biodiversity Plan, habitat

ISO 3166

  • Ireland

Use limitation

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Copyright Government of Ireland. This dataset was created by National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
  • Geoscientific information
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Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
1014

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
EPSG / https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/2157

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

TIFF

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Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

National Parks and Wildlife Service

datadelivery@housing.gov.ie.ie

Point of contact
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

image/tiff

https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/MAES15_Networks_woodland_Final.zip

Download TIFF

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

https://dahg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=cb5040a4a19645b6b424bed940c54fff

The National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map Viewer

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and biotopes

Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0

Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
No
Statement

50m raster grid file used in the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems Service Project. Created by Environment Systems Ltd. (ESL).



The dataset was derived from the network analysis is based on the Habitat Asset Register for Ireland, created in the course of this project (Habitat Asset Register, refer to resource 1); habitats were scored as (a) woodland core habitats or woodland non-core habitats and (b) based on how permeable they are for species associated with the woodland network. A cost-distance model was then applied to determine the extent of the network; cut-off values (in vs. out of the network) were determined in conjunction with NPWS staff. For the full processing methodology, including a comprehensive list of the input datasets, associated scores, full processing methodology, including any modification of the input data refer to the project Final Report (resource 23).



The final raster dataset has been created at a cell size of 50m. All processing steps were carried out at a cell size of 50m.



Metadata for all input datasets is included with the datasets in question. Metadata for the habitat asset register for Ireland is provided as part of this project (resource 1).



Filename / Map package / PNG: 3010_MAES15-Networks_woodland.tif / 3010_MAES15-Networks_woodland.mpk / 3010_MAES15-Networks_woodland.png



Project processing was carried out in EPSG29902.



Final outputs were converted to EPSG2157, using the transformation provided by proj4 ( https://trac.osgeo.org/proj/wiki/FAQ), which is used by most GIS software for coordinate system manipulation. The source Coordinate Reference System is Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM). The transformation used is equivalent in accuracy to the one held by NPWS.



This dataset has been created using various processing and GIS software including; ArcMap 10.1, FME, and QGIS.

Metadata

File identifier
6665b8c0-3450-4723-a239-cfb87c32f870 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2021-07-08T03:57:15
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

National Parks and Wildlife Service

datadelivery@housing.gov.ie

Author
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

thumbnail

Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

ecosystem, ecosystem services, woodland, grassland ecosystem
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes
National Parks and Wildlife Service

National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, habitat protection, heritage, National Biodiversity Plan, habitat


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