This DOI_10-5525_gla-researchdata-1509_readme.txt file was generated on 2023-10-09 by FREYA MUIR

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: StAndrews_Veg_Edge_combined_20070404_20220223_Ground_Planet

2. Author Information
	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Alistair Rennie
		Institution: NatureScot
		Address: Great Glen House, Leachkin Road, Inverness, IV3 8NW
		Email: alistair.rennie@nature.scot

	B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Freya Muir
		Institution: University of Glasgow
		Address: School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
		Email: f.muir.1@research.gla.ac.uk

3. Date of data collection (range): 
2007-04-04 to 2022-02-23

4. Geographic location of data collection: 
St Andrews and Eden Estuary (OSGB 1936 bounding box: 345075,717119 to 350523,723999) 

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: 
Collected under the Dynamic Coast project (www.dynamiccoast.com) and NERC IAPETUS2 PhD studentship (project code 309062)


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: 
Dynamic Coast data should not be used for property level assessment.

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: 
www.dynamiccoast.com/downloads

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets:
N/A

5. Was data derived from another source? 
yes
    5A. If yes, list source(s): Please see the field "Source" in the shapefile for data source information


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
StAndrews_Veg_Edge_combined_20070404_20220223_Ground_Planet.shp
StAndrews_Veg_Edge_combined_20070404_20220223_Ground_Planet.shx
StAndrews_Veg_Edge_combined_20070404_20220223_Ground_Planet.dbf
StAndrews_Veg_Edge_combined_20070404_20220223_Ground_Planet.prj
StAndrews_Veg_Edge_combined_20070404_20220223_Ground_Planet.cpg
StAndrews_Veg_Edge_combined_20070404_20220223_Ground_Planet.qml

2. Relationship between files, if important: 
Files should be kept together at all times as they are composed of an ESRI Shapefile and auxilliary files

3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: 
N/A

4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? 
no


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
The data consists of coastal vegetation edges captured along the seaward stable edge of vegetation. Capture methods include digitising manually by tracing along the interpreted edge in a high resolution aerial image within a GIS environment, and walking along the seaward vegetation edge recording locations using a GNSS device set to stream coordinates in a line feature. Please see the field "IntrpMthd" for details on interpretation methods for each "Source"

2. Methods for processing the data: 
Data was processed using the QGIS plugin BeePen for tracing line features, and using ArcCollector to record GNSS coordinates.

3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: 
Any Geographical Information System which can read shapefiles (ESRI ArcMap, ESRI ArcGIS Pro, QGIS)

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: 
N/A

5. Environmental/experimental conditions: 
N/A

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: 
Ground-based surveys with GNSS are checked against ground control points captured across the area of St Andrews using a GNSS Base Station

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: 
Kenny Rogers (University of Glasgow), Nick Everett (NatureScot)


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: StAndrews_Veg_Edge_combined_20070404_20220223_Ground_Planet

1. Number of fields: 
13

2. Number of features: 
227

3. Variable List (Field name - description (unit) - Data type
Surveyor - Initials of person who surveyed the vegetation edge - String
Organisati - Initials of organisation of surveyor - String
Line_type - Geomorphic type of edge surveyed (eroding front, stable back) - String
Comment_ - Additional comments on state of edge surveyed - String
Year - Year the feature was captured - Integer64
Date - Date the feature was captured (yyyy-mm-dd) - String
Source - Information on the source of the vegetation edge data (ground survey equipment or aerial image metadata) - String
IntrpMthd - Method used for interpreting the vegetation edge - String 
Site - Name of Dynamic Coast supersite - String
Shape_Leng - Length of line feature (metres) - Real
Surv_Methd - Method used for surveying the vegetation edge - String
Trend - Geomorphic trend (eroding, accreting or unassessed) - String
IndicError - Level of accuracy/error of interpretation/survey method (metres) - Real
 

4. Missing data codes: 
N/A

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: 
N/A