Irish Spatial Data Exchange
Coastal Monitoring Project 2004 - 2006
The project represents the first comprehensive assessment of sand dune systems and their habitats in Ireland.
Over the course of the three field seasons (2004-2006), all known sites for sand dunes in Ireland were assessed.
The project involved the updating of an existing inventory of sand dune systems (Curtis, 1991a), the production of habitat maps of all survey sites, the establishment of a coastal habitats database and an assessment of the conservation status of all dune habitats in Ireland, both nationally and on a site-by-site basis.
Furthermore a methodology employing rapid and simple assessment techniques for monitoring sand dune habitats was developed hyperlinked to the records.
This data resource contains:
- a Polygon shapefile with habitat and other information (see lineage) on sites surveyed as part of the Coastal Monitoring Project 2004 - 2006. Survey areas with Annex 1 habitat types (EU habitats Directive), as well as non - Annex 1 areas (classified using a key developed for the purpose of the project) are contained within the file.
- A MS Access database storing information gathered during field surveys for the Coastal Monitoring Project 2004 - 2006 and the Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2006-2009. The data recorded on the field cards for each site were inputted into this database. The original database was reformatted in 2011 to reflect the newer 'Monitoring Data Model' in use within NPWS scientific section, as well as changes to the EU reporting systems.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Coastal Monitoring Project 2004 - 2006
- Date (Publication)
- 2009-01-04T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / Coastal-Monitoring-Project-2004---2006
- Purpose
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- Project designed to meet Ireland’s obligation under Article 17 of the EU Habitats Directive, in relation to reporting on the conservation status of Annex I sand dune habitats in Ireland.
- Providing a clearer understanding of the habitat area, processes and impacts and the conservation status of the sand dune habitats in Ireland.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and biotopes
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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biodiversity
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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habitat
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ISO 3166
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Ireland
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, species, lutra lutra, National Biodiversity Plan, heritage
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- Use limitation
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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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. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 20000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Biota
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Vertical extent
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 0
Vertical CS
Vertical datum
- Reference system identifier
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https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/
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29903
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25
- Distribution format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
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Microsoft Access Database
2007
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name application/zip
https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/coastal-monitoring-project-2004-2006.zip
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes
- Alternate title
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INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-10
- Explanation
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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
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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
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INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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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
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This polygon shapefile represents one of the outputs of the Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006.
Habitat types are assigned to surveyed areas, using both EU Habitats Directive Annex 1 codes, as well as habitat codes established for the purpose of the project. Information on site names, areas and other (see fields listed below) is given.
ESRI ArcView 3.2 was used in the creation of the original file. Aerial photographs of the sites from the most recent complete, or near complete, set (the 2000 Ortho-photo set) were printed and used in the field as an aid to mapping. A GeoExplorer handheld GPS unit (Trimble GeoXT) was used for recording the locations of boundary lines and areas. Additional observations recorded on the printed aerial photographs and in target notes were used in the creation of this file. Field notes relating to various aspects of, among others, topography and vegetation composition were written at all sites.
The file was subsequently checked for topology and consistency within NPWS. During this process a number of amendments, including the addition of site codes and removing overlaps, gaps, slivers and multipart polygons, as well as running the repair geometry tool using ArcGIS9.3, were implemented. For this purpose, the paper copies of site maps submitted as part of the project were used for clarification in certain areas. Although the present file is cleaned of topology errors, it must be noted that due to preceding processing steps (separate incongruent files have apparently been merged / clipped in the creation of the file submitted to NPWS) this file is not free from errors, especially when examined on a large scale.
The file's attribute table contains the following fields:
SITE_CODE:
Type: Text
Length: 12
Description: Coastal Monitoring Project site codes
CMP_SITE:
Type: Text
Length: 31
Description: Coastal Monitoring Project site name
COUNTY:
Type: Text
Length: 9
Description: Name of coastal county in which site occurs
NPWS_ID:
Type: Text
Length: 12
Description: Site code of SAC in which site occurs
NPWS_SITE:
Type: Text
Length: 44
Description: Site name of NHA or SAC in which site occurs
CMP_HABIT:
Type: Double
Length:
Description: Coastal Monitoring Project habitat code
NPWS_DESIG:
Type: Text
Length: 14
Description: NPWS Designation type (NHA or SAC where applicable) of area in which site occurs
SURVEYNAME:
Type: Text
Length: 23
Description: 'Coastal Monitoring proj' entered for all polygons
SURVEYDATE:
Type: Text
Length: 33
Description: Date on which field survey was carried out
SURVEY_MET:
Type: Text
Length: 13
Description: Survey method applied (ground or desk)
CMP_NAME:
Type: Text
Length: 30
Description: name of habitat type according to Coastal Monitoring Project habitat coding (in field CMP_HABIT)
ANNEX_I:
Type: Text
Length: 22
Description: marks areas containing EU Habitats Directive Annex 1habitats
AI_SALTMAR:
Type: Text
Length: 12
Description: marks areas containing EU Habitats Directive Annex 1saltmarsh habitats
EU_CODE:
Type: Text
Length: 10
Description: EU Habitats Directive Annex 1code
SHAPE_LENG:
Type: Double
Length:
Description: Length of polygon boundary in metres
SHAPE_AREA:
Type: Double
Length:
Description: Area of polygon in square metres
Metadata
- File identifier
- 6b960986-b169-4683-9263-b8dbddeed2af XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2022-02-09T17:15:58
- Metadata standard name
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ISDI Metadata Profile
- Metadata standard version
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1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
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