Import/Catalogue/Naturbase
Naturbase is a database from The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management containing information about protection areas (national park, nature reserves and others), habitats and recreation areas.
More information at:
- http://english.dirnat.no/
- http://dnweb12.dirnat.no/nbinnsyn/
- http://dnweb12.dirnat.no/wms/wmsinfodn/wms_info.asp
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Downloading data
Data are available for download from the Naturbase WMS client. The download icon is in the toolbar to the right, and one of the Naturbase layers must be selected for download to work. All data are available in Shape format, using UTM projections. For best result, use the appropiate UTM zone for the region you are downloading.
You must fill in your name to download data, as well as the purpose of the download. Please state that you are downloading for use in OpenStreetMap when downloading datasets.
WMS
All data are also available as WMS services from the official Naturbase site. WMS link is given as "Server URL" and a WMS client is available from the links marked "Innsynsløsning(er)" when following the dataset links below.
Datasets
| Dataset | Description | Import status |
| Vern | Protected areas (polygon) and objects (points) | National parks complete |
| Verneforslag | Proposed protection | |
| Naturtyper | Nature types that are considered important and very important for biodiversity (polygons and points). | |
| Marine naturtyper | Marine nature types | |
| Marine naturtyper klasser | Classified marine nature types important for biodiversity | |
| Art | Occurences and habitats for species (mainly red listed) | |
| Marine arter | Marine species | |
| Kulturlandskap | Valuable cultural landscapes |
Tagging
Source
Naturbase request the following source for the data: Kilde: © Naturbase, Direktoratet for naturforvaltning - 2009
All data should be tagged with attribution=Naturbase, Direktoratet for naturforvaltning - 2009 as well as source=Naturbase.
Generic Naturbase properties
All Naturbase properties should have a naturbase: prefix.
ID
Naturbase IDs are called iid, and should be stored as naturbase:iid=*.
Protected areas
National parks should be tagged with boundary=national_park. Too be decided: Relations for boundaries.
Nature Reserves should be tagged with leisure=nature_reserve.
Permission to use data
Permission to use the data is clear from the license, as well as verified in e-mail with case number 09/9980–1. The e-mail is in Norwegian and archived in the Norwegian mailing list [1].
