Dynamic Coast research project data provides feature access to coastal change information for Scotland. The dataset originates from phase 2 of the National Coastal Change Assessment and is served via a WFS (Web Feature Service). The data is provided by the Government Digital Service, with more details available on the project website.
Use Cases
- Modeling coastal erosion rates based on the national assessment data.
- Assessing climate change vulnerability for coastal infrastructure planning.
- Visualizing historical and projected shoreline changes on maps.
- Informing coastal management and policy decisions with geospatial research.
Strengths
- Data is part of a formal national assessment (National Coastal Change Assessment).
- Provided via a standardized geospatial service (WFS) for interoperability.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Dynamic Coast research project (NatureScot)
- Collection Method
- National Coastal Change Assessment research.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- unknown
- Geography
- Scotland