Collated Marine Habitats
Multibeam echosounder data and seabed sampling data acquired during the INFOMAR and INSS national seabed mapping programmes are the primary sources of data used in the generation of this collated seabed classification/marine habitats layer. Lower resolution interpretations of INFOMAR data that were provided to the EMODnet Geology project have been integrated into this layer. Areas where there is no multibeam data have either been filled by EUSeaMap (predictive broadscale habitat map) or have left as Unclassified. The original classes assigned to the data were translated to a modified Folk class to facilitate reclassification of the data to both EUNIS and MSFD Broad Benthic Habitat Type classification systems. Additional information on biological Zones from the EMODnet Seabed Habitats project were used to translate the data to EUNIS.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%55/100
Verification has failed 0 consecutive times.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%40/100
4 of 10 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%50/100
License info not yet tracked for APIs (datasets only).
- Agent readinessweight 15%10/100
Topic tags assigned
Data access
A queryable map-feature service. Its attribute schema couldn't be read automatically — query the service endpoint directly to inspect its fields.
Verification Status
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- http://atlas.marine.ie/arcgis/services/HabitatsBiotopes/MapServer/WFSServer?TYPENAME=HabitatsBiotopes%3AEMODnet_Collated_Substrate&request=GetFeature&service=WFS
Query examples
curl -s 'http://atlas.marine.ie/arcgis/services/HabitatsBiotopes/MapServer/WFSServer?TYPENAME=HabitatsBiotopes%3AEMODnet_Collated_Substrate&request=GetFeature&service=WFS' -H 'Accept: application/json'Base API endpoint — see the documentation for available routes.