Scottish Spatial Data

Scottish Spatial Data Infrastructure (SSDI)

The SSDI GeoNetwork catalogue provides metadata records for Scottish geospatial datasets. No authentication required.

Data Sources

Metadata records come from multiple Scottish public bodies:

• Ordnance Survey — Base mapping and address data for Scotland
• NatureScot — Protected areas, habitats, species
• Historic Environment Scotland — Listed buildings, scheduled monuments, battlefields
• SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) — Flood maps, water quality, waste sites
• Transport Scotland — Road network, traffic, public transport
• Marine Scotland — Marine protected areas, fisheries data
• Scottish Government — Planning, land use, boundaries, census

Search Tips

• Use query for free-text keyword search across titles, abstracts, and keywords
• Common keywords: "flood", "habitat", "transport", "boundary", "planning", "marine"
• Each record has a UUID that can be used to fetch full details
• Records may include links to WMS/WFS services for direct data access

Record Structure

• uuid — Unique identifier for the metadata record
• title — Human-readable dataset name
• abstract — Description of the dataset
• keywords — Subject keywords and themes
• links — URLs to data services (WMS, WFS, download)
• spatial extent — Geographic coverage
• temporal extent — Date range of the data