Layer tag definition

General guidelines

• Layers should have 1 tag defining the layer format
• Layers should have 1+ tags defining the layer content

Layer format tags

Tag	Application
TypeMap	Raster layer with the "mapping" variable.
ValueMap	Raster layer with the "scale" variable.
Point	Vector layers with point data
Line	Vector layers with line data
Polygon	Vector layers with polygon data

Layer content tags

Governance

Tag	Application	Combined with
Country
City
EEZ
TerritorialWater
Military
CulturalHeritage

Environment

Tag	Application	Combined with
Bathymetry	With raster: bathymetry With polygon and Shipping: 20m depth polygon	Shipping
Topography
River
WindSpeed
WindDirection
WaveHeight
WavePeriod
Turbidity
CloudCoverage
Rainfall
Visibility
Currents
Sediment
Eutrophication
Temperature
Salinity
IceCoverage
Pollution
WaterQuality

Energy

Tag	Application	Combined with
Electricity	Electricity infrastructure	Production, Converter, CableAndPipe, Socket
FossilFuel	Fossil fuel infrastructure, licensed areas	Production, CableAndPipe, Planned, Socket, Availability
Production	Wind farms, wave farms, tidal farms, oil platforms	Electricity, FossilFuel, Planned, FishCatch
Converter	Transformers	Electricity
Socket	Energy sockets	Electricity, FossilFuel
CableAndPipe	Electricity cables, pipelines, telecom cables	Electricity, FossilFuel, Telecom, Corridor
Wind	Wind farms	Production, Electricity
Wave	Wave farms	Production, Electricity
Tidal	Tidal farms	Production, Electricity
Solar	Solar farms	Production, Electricity
Geothermal	Geothermal farms	Production, Electricity

Ecology & Fishing

Tag	Application	Combined with
Pressure	Bottom disturbance, Surface disturbance, Artificial substrate, Noise
Noise	Noise	Pressure, ValueMap
FishCatch	On rasters: catch amounts With Recreation: recreational fishing With Production: aquaculture	Recreation, Production
Biomass	Biomass of various plants or animals
Diversity	Diversity indicators
SensitiveEcology	Sensitive ecological areas (spawning, wintering etc.)
Protection	Natura2000, MPA, Unesco sites	Combined with Exclusion to indicate the actions disallowed
Marine	Marine protected area	Protection
Natura2000	Natura 2000	Protection
Cod	Cod	Fish
Flatfish	Flatfish	Fish
Demersal	Demersal	Fish
Mackerel	Mackerel	Fish
Herring	Herring	Fish
Sandeel	Sandeel	Fish
Seal	Seal	Mammals
Cetaceans	Cetaceans	Mammals
Fish	Cod, Flatfish, Demersal, Mackerel, Herring, Sandeel	Biomass
Mammals	Seal, Cetaceans	Biomass

Shipping

Tag	Application	Combined with
Lane	National shipping lanes, IMO routes	Shipping
Port
Lighthouse
Anchorage
Risk	With polygon: Precautionary areas With raster: shipping risk	Shipping
Shipping	Combined with raster: shipping intensity	Corridor, Exclusion, Recreation, Lane, Risk
Total	Total shipping intensity	Shipping, ValueMap
Passenger	Passenger shipping intensity	Shipping, ValueMap
Tanker	Tanker shipping intensity	Shipping, ValueMap
Cargo	Cargo shipping intensity	Shipping, ValueMap
Ferry	Ferry shipping intensity	Shipping, ValueMap
Maintenance	Maintenance shipping intensity	Shipping, ValueMap
IMO	IMO routes	Shipping, Lane
National	National shipping lanes	Shipping, Lane
Gate	Shipping gates	Shipping, Gate

Other

Tag	Application	Combined with
Corridor	Energy cable corridor, shipping corridor	CableAndPipe, Shipping
Exclusion	Exclusion zones When combines with recreation, it excludes all recreation. Do not add recreation sub-tags.	Shipping, Recreation, FishCatch
Recreation	Combined tags determine type of recreation. With Swimming: diving, bathing With shipping: sailing With FishCatch: recreational fishing Note: Some regions don't have separate layers for different recreation. This layer will only have the Recreation tag.	Swimming, Shipping, FishCatch
Swimming		Recreation
Telecom		CableAndPipe
Planned	Applied to all planned but not implemented areas E.g. consented energy farms, areas of search, licensed areas	Production, FossilFuel
Availability	Applied to areas indicating available resources	SandAndGravel, FossilFuel
Extraction		SandAndGravel, Dredging, SandDepth
Deposit		SandAndGravel, Dredging
SandAndGravel		Extraction, Deposit, Availability
Dredging		Extraction, Deposit
SandDepth	Depth of Sand	SandAndGravel
Coast	Indicates a coast line reference
Invisible	E.g. invisible layers like: shipping gates, connection points, invisible shipping lanes	any

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