Seal Distribution

DatasetNational · Ireland

These grid data were derived from National Parks and Wildlife Service cetacean surveys within the Irish MSFD area and the EEA-10km GRID. The grid shows the current distribution of Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) and Grey seal (Halichoreus grypus) in Irish coastal and marine waters. The data were co...

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Availabilityweight 25%100/100
Latest verification succeeded.
Metadata completenessweight 20%67/100
4 of 6 recommended metadata fields populated.
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Data schema (11 fields)

Field	Type	Description
OBJECTID	oid	—
Shape	geometry	—
Shape_Leng	double	—
code	string	—
maptype	string	—
category	string	—
isocode	string	—
refgrid	string	—
sensitive	string	—
Shape_Length	double	—
Shape_Area	double	—

Schema captured from arcgis 3 days ago.

Sample data (3 records)

Record 1code: 1365 · isocode: IE

{
  "code": "1365",
  "isocode": "IE",
  "maptype": "Distribution",
  "refgrid": "EEA-10km GRID",
  "OBJECTID": 1,
  "category": "Species",
  "sensitive": "non-sensitive",
  "Shape_Area": 0.012920519185609805,
  "Shape_Leng": 40000,
  "Shape_Length": 0.47124496583285014
}

Record 2code: 1365 · isocode: IE

{
  "code": "1365",
  "isocode": "IE",
  "maptype": "Distribution",
  "refgrid": "EEA-10km GRID",
  "OBJECTID": 2,
  "category": "Species",
  "sensitive": "non-sensitive",
  "Shape_Area": 0.012946807840758244,
  "Shape_Leng": 40000,
  "Shape_Length": 0.4716670176759682
}

Record 3code: 1365 · isocode: IE

{
  "code": "1365",
  "isocode": "IE",
  "maptype": "Distribution",
  "refgrid": "EEA-10km GRID",
  "OBJECTID": 3,
  "category": "Species",
  "sensitive": "non-sensitive",
  "Shape_Area": 0.012931221453507905,
  "Shape_Leng": 40000,
  "Shape_Length": 0.47162431735926763
}

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curl -s 'https://atlas.marine.ie/arcgis/rest/services/03_Biodiversity/MapServer?f=json' -H 'Accept: application/json'

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