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Site of Special Scientific Interest
Introduction
"A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including National Nature Reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation." (Wikipedia)
Some of these sites already form a backdrop in OpenStreetMap.
OpenLayers
To include them in this app I have created a single layer from the available datasets, all updated in 2023.
- SSSIs (England)
Attribution: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
- SSSIs (Scotland)
Attribution: Contains Scottish Natural Heritage information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SSSIs (Wales)
Attribution: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100019741. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
Note that the feature list, and zooming to named features, is not active in contexts where there would be in excess of 1000 to choose from.
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