Transitional waters defined under Article 2(6) of the Water Framework Directive. The dataset covers Northern Ireland and spans the years 2009 to 2015. It is published by OpenDataNI under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.
Use Cases
- Map and analyze transitional water bodies based on the Water Framework Directive definition
- Monitor changes in designated water areas over the 2009-2015 period
- Support environmental impact assessments for projects affecting transitional waters
Strengths
- Data is explicitly defined by the legal framework of the Water Framework Directive Article 2(6)
- Covers a multi-year period from 2009 to 2015 for longitudinal analysis
- Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license for reuse
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- OpenDataNI
- Time Range
- 2009-2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:42.137551; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Northern Ireland