Land Classification of Shetland 1974 web map service
description: This is a web map service for the Land Classification of the Shetland Isles. The classification was originally developed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) in 1974 as a framework for ecological sampling and is a stratification of the land into a set of sixteen environmental strata at a 1km resolution. Each strata is an area sharing similar environmental characteristics (such as altitude, geology, distance from sea). The web map service contains two layers: 1) EnvironmentalStrata - all sixteen land classes; 2) OverviewOfStrata - land classes arranged into four related groups. The strata may briefly be described thus: Classes 1-4 - Coastal strata with few rivers running into the sea, gentle terrain; Classes 5-8 - Coastal strata with more sea and steeper slopes; Classes 9-12 - High altitude inland group, with few small water bodies; Classes 13-16 - Lower altitude zones with much peat and freshwater lochans. The four strata within each of these groups contain subtly different variations.
spatial: Location
contact point: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
publisher: NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
subject: Shetland
subject: Scotland
subject: Mapping
subject: stratification
subject: strata
subject: statistical sampling
subject: infoMapAccessService
type: Service
license: plain
access rights: UNRS
language: en

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
type: Organization

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
type: Organization

Shetland
type: Concept

Scotland
type: Concept

Mapping
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infoMapAccessService
type: Concept