Useful data sources

Air

Air quality data Options to retrieve data relating to air quality in Scotland from the present day back to 1986. Go to the data

Climate

Data point Provides access to the Met Office’s Public Sector Information (PSI) data sets using an Application Program Interface (API). Go to the data

Habitats and species

	Natural Spaces Natural Spaces allows you to download a wide range of the spatial data held by Scottish Natural Heritage. You can browse through the data available, and use your Scottish Natural Heritage account to access the data in several GIS formats. Go to the data
	Datasets Statistics and economic research, National Forest Inventory, GIS data download, register of approved basic material. Go to the data
	NBN Atlas Scotland The NBN Atlas Scotland is a portal of the NBN Atlas, a collaborative project that aggregates biodiversity data from multiple sources and makes it available and usable online. It is the country’s largest collection of freely available biodiversity data. Go to the data

Land

	Scotland’s soils data Soils data available for download, split into the following categories of soil maps (including 1:25,000 Soil Map (partial cover), 1:250,000 Soil Map (national cover)); point data (including National Soils Inventory for Scotland); thematic data and capability maps. Go to the data
	Scottish Remote Sensing Portal Find, share and reuse remote sensed data provided by Scottish public sector organisations. The site currently serves as hub for Scottish Public Sector LiDAR data which you can download by 10km tiles and web services. Go to the data

People and the environment

	Heritage portal – spatial downloads Datasets that are available for download and links to additional resources. Go to the data
	Scottish Public Health Observatory Easy access to information about the range of data sources available to help those working to improve population health in Scotland Go to the data

Water

	Scotland’s aquaculture data Provides access to a range of information about aquaculture in Scotland Go to the data
	Marine Scotland INFORMATION A central location where users can search, view and download various maps and data. Go to the data
	Marine Scotland DATA a platform for publishing datasets with associated digital object identifiers (DOI's) Go to the data

Other

	Environmental data A range of datasets related to the environment, published by SEPA Go to the data
	Statistics Access a range of official statistics about Scotland Go to the data
	Scottish spatial data infrastructure Scotland’s catalogue of spatial data where you can find, share and reuse spatial data provided by Scottish public sector organisations Go to the data
	Local authority spatial data hub Web portal for the upload, download and consumption of spatial data from Scotland’s local and national park authorities. Go to the data
	Data.gov.uk Find data published by UK government departments and agencies, public bodies and local authorities. Go to the data
	European open data portal The single point of access to a growing range of data from the institutions and other bodies of the European Union (EU). Go to the data

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