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

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
Deposit SandAndGravel, Dredging
SandAndGravel Extraction, Deposit, Availability
Dredging Extraction, Deposit

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