NBN Atlas Scotland now live
The beta version of the NBN Atlas Scotland, which will also serve as a pilot for a UK-wide roll out of new data infrastructure for biodiversity, is now live.
At this stage, we are asking for comments and feedback in relation to how the site looks and how it works. You can see how to get involved below.
The work on the NBN Atlas is being done in conjunction with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the Scottish Biodiversity Information Forum (SBIF).
Funding has been provided by SEPA / Scotland’s Environment Web (LIFE) Project*, SNH and the NBN to build the new infrastructure and the first stage will be completed by September. A full working atlas is due to be ready by end of December 2015 and will be part of the Scotland’s Environment Web family of interconnected websites.
This work has been driven by the NBN’s new strategic direction. It has also been informed by the needs of Scottish Government and its agencies, and by the review of the NBN Gateway undertaken by the NBN Secretariat (published in Feb 2015).
Feedback or queries may be sent to the NBN Secretariat . Progress can be followed on the Atlas website or via Twitter @AoLScot
*Scotland’s Environment Web – www.environment.scotland.gov.uk
SEPA manages Scotland’s Environment Web on behalf of a partnership of key environmental organisations in Scotland.
SEPA has received funding support from the European Commission LIFE+ funding programme to provide a trusted gateway to data and information about the environment, and involve Scotland’s Citizens in monitoring and action to protect and improve the environment.
First Stakeholder Partnership meeting
The first Stakeholder Partnership meeting for the NBN Atlas Scotland was held on Friday 24th July was attended by 39 organisations in Scotland, involved in biological recording or working with and analysing biodiversity data. Information on that meeting can be downloaded below:
Download the report of the First Stakeholder Partnership meeting for the NBN Atlas Scotland (500KB PDF)
How can you get involved?
Provide additional feedback on the NBN Atlas
Read the workshop report and the NBN’s 2015 technical and user review of the NBN Gateway. Please provide any additional feedback about what you would like to see on the NBN Atlas Scotland in terms of user interface or functionality.
NBN Gateway Technical and User Review (5MB PDF).
Sign up for the NBN Atlas Scotland user testing group
Please contact us if you would like to help test the beta version of the atlas as it goes online. We are especially looking for the Atlas User Group to be made up of representatives of Scottish Data Partners, organisations involved in biodiversity work or environmental management in Scotland, or interested parties such as biological recorders, teachers and consultants.
Please contact us if you would like to be part of the NBN Atlas Scotland User Testing Group.
Tell us if you will commit to putting your data on the NBN Atlas Scotland
If you are a data partner and have not already completed the Questionnaire on ‘Improving Access to NBN Data and Products’ we want to hear your views by the 28th August. In particular we want to know if you will commit to putting your data on the NBN Atlas Scotland.
Tell us if you have data in non-digitised formats for the NBN Atlas Scotland
If you have data in non-digitised formats that would be suitable for the NBN Atlas Scotland we would like to hear from you. Please tell us about these datasets
Tell us what you want on your Data Partner page
If you plan to share data via the NBN Atlas Scotland please tell us what information you want to be included on your Data Partner page