NatureScot Protected Areas WMS
This interactive Web Map Service (WMS) shows the various categories of protected areas and sites across Scotland. Published by NatureScot, the national agency responsible for nature conservation, it enables users to view the geographic extent and classification of designated conservation sites, such as national nature reserves, sites of special scientific interest, and other protected area categories. The service is intended for use in mapping applications that support WMS layers, allowing integration with other geospatial datasets for planning, land management, or environmental assessment purposes.This interactive map service contains the various categories of protected areas and sites in Scotland.
Trust score
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Data access
A CKAN-hosted dataset whose resources are file downloads rather than a queryable DataStore, so no column schema could be read automatically. The dataset page lists the downloadable distributions.
Verification Status
Using the API
Query examples
curl -s 'https://data.gov.uk/api/3/action/package_show?id=naturescot-protected-areas-wms' -H 'Accept: application/json'Full CKAN dataset record: resources, licence, organization, freshness.
Dataset
Volume & freshness
License
No license declared upstream.
Distributions (1)
NatureScot Protected Areas WMS
https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/ows?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMSSource: ckan · Open original page
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