This folder contains both baseline data and initial derivatives on which models are based. Copyright data, e.g. Ordnance Survey MasterMap are not included.

The folders contain the following:

Boundary: Administrative boundaries (Shape format)

Coastal features: Coastline,beaches and cliffs (Shape format)

Designated areas: Protected areas such as SSSIs, Conservation areas etc (Shape format)

Fishnets: Regular grids of points at various intervals, used for sowing in polygons as part of viewshed analyses (Shape format)

Natural environment: Features of the'natural' landscape such as arable areas, woodland etc (Shape format)

Population: Location of buildings and population clusters (Shape format)

Rivers: Watercourses of all types (Shape format)

Transport: Railways, Rights of Way, bridleways, ferry routes, car parks, roads (Shape format)

Utilities: Overhead powerlines and pylons, fire stations, wind turbine locations, helicopter landing pads, quarries, hospitals etc (Shape format)

Woodland atenuation for visibility: A mask comprising wooded areas in which there is reduced visibility - used subsequent to viewshed analysis (Shape format)
