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Maritime Boundaries

This facility provides free access to GIS data on the European maritime boundaries. View maritime boundary data on an interactive map of Europe. Alternatively, download Esri compatible GIS files (Geodatabase or Shapefile). Datasets are also available via OGC compliant web feature service (WFS) or web map services (WMS). The metadata featured here can be downloaded as XML.

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Metadata format: ISO 19139

EMODnet_HA_Maritime_boundaries_20210506

Resource Identification Information

Abstract 
              The database on maritime boundaries in the EU was created in 2014 by CETMAR for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by EEA 
			  (https://www.eea.europa.eu/) and Marine Regions (http://marineregions.org/). It is updated every year and is available for viewing and download on EMODnet Human Activities web portal (www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu). The database contains polylines representing maritime boundaries (territorial waters, bi- or multi-lateral boundaries (e.g. in the North Sea) as well as contiguous and exclusive economic zones) in the following countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK and third countries related to them. Each polyline has the following attributes (where available): MBLSZOTPID, LocalId, Site Name, Legal Foundation Date, Legal Foundation Document, Country, nationalLe, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics and Type of Agreement. For the case of the Coastline database, the following attributes are included (where available): FID_Europe, Shape_Leng, Source, Shape_Le_1, Shape_Le_2.
Citation
Title EMODnet_HA_Maritime_boundaries_20210506
Publication date  2014-01-01
Revision date  2021-05-06
Creation date  2014-01-01

Themes or categories of the resource boundaries

Descriptive keywords 
Keywords Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
Thesaurus
Title GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Revision date  2008-06-01

Descriptive keywords 
Keywords Administrative boundary
Thesaurus
Title GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2
Publication date  2021-01-22

Dataset language  English

Resource constraints
Constraints
Limitations of use 
                      Re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the sources (both EMODnet - Human Activities, and primary sources) are acknowledged. EMODnet - Human Activities accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website.
Resource constraints
Legal constraints
Access constraints  otherRestrictions

Other constraints 
                      no limitation
Spatial resolution
Dataset's scale
Scale denominator 100000

Ground sample distance  metres

Point of contact - author
Organization's name Centro Tecnologico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR
Contact information
Address
e-mail address socioeconomia@cetmar.org

Point of contact - resourceProvider
Organization's name European Environment Agency (EEA)
Contact information
Address
e-mail address 

Point of contact - resourceProvider
Organization's name Marine Regions
Contact information
Address
e-mail address info@marineregions.org

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Data Quality Information

Scope of quality information
Resource level dataset

Lineage
Lineage statement 
                    Data show the maritime boundaries related to different countries, i.e. Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK and third countries related to them. Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, while harmonization is carried out by CETMAR. Information was collected from EEA (https://www.eea.europa.eu/) and Marine Regions (http://marineregions.org/) databases. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted.
Data quality report - Domain consistency
Conformance test results 
Test passed 
Nil reason template
Result explanation See the referenced specification

Product specification
Title COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata
Publication date  2008-12-04

Data quality report - Domain consistency
Conformance test results 
Test passed 
Nil reason template
Result explanation See the referenced specification

Product specification
Title Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83
Publication date  2009-12-15

Data quality report - Domain consistency
Conformance test results 
Test passed 
Nil reason template
Result explanation See the referenced specification

Product specification
Title 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
Publication date  2010-12-08

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Distribution Information

Format
Name unknown
Version unknown

Transfer options
Online resource
Online location http://www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/

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Metadata Information

Last update 2021-05-06

Metadata contact - pointOfContact
Organization's name Centro Tecnologico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR
Contact information
Address
e-mail address socioeconomia@cetmar.org

Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset

Metadata language  English
Metadata character set MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8

Name of the metadata standard used ISO19115
Version of the metadata standard 2003/Cor.1:2006

Metadata identifier EMODnet_HA_Maritime_boundaries_20210506

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