Irish Spatial Data Exchange
National Otter Survey of Ireland 1980-1981
This GIS dataset holds positive records from the National Otter Survey of Ireland 1980/1981 by the Vincent Wildlife Trust. The survey was the first systematic study of otters and their wetland and coastal habitats to be undertaken throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It took place between January 1980 and March 1981. The survey provided a base-line against which further studies could be compared and thus assist monitoring of populations and distribution.
Publication: Chapman, P.J. & Chapman, L.L. (1982). Otter Survey of Ireland 1980-81. Survey carried out on behalf of The Vincent Wildlife Trust.
Simple
- Alternate title
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National Otter Survey of Ireland 1980-1981
- Date (Publication)
- 1982-01-01T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / National-Otter-Survey-of-Ireland-1980-1981
- Purpose
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- 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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Species distribution
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GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1
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biodiversity
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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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ISO 3166
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Ireland
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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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
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Vertical extent
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 1014
Vertical CS
Vertical datum
- Reference system identifier
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EPSG
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https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25
- Distribution format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
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- 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/Otter_survey_1980_1981.zip Zip file containing shapefile download
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Species distribution
- 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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Alternate 50km Irish Grid squares were surveyed to obtain a representative coverage of all major regions and habitat types throughout Ireland in the limited time available. The basic unit area used during the survey was the 10km Irish Grid square, and a representative sample of wetland and coastal habitat types present in each 10km square was chosen whenever possible. It was generally possible to locate six sites within each whole 10km square.
Survey points were frequently located at bridges, fords, piers etc., which provided good access. Spraints and tracks were accepted as proof of otters’ presence. Of the 2,373 sites surveyed, 2,177 were found to have signs of otters, giving an overall result of 91,7% positive. Observations of non-targeted species (mainly fish species and American mink) were also recorded and are included in this dataset.
The survey records were at a later stage supplied to NPWS in MS Access .mdb format, and records for the Republic of Ireland were uploaded into the NPWS Species database. Spot-checks of record locations against discovery series mapping were carried out prior to the upload, and Recorder 6 validation rules applied. The records were then exported from the Species database as a polygon shapefile showing squares, with the side lengths of the squares corresponding to the precision in which the records were provided.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9dcb740d-1fb6-453e-8c4e-80b1b1000387 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-06-09T22:07:46
- 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
Author
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