Classification of beaches

Classification catalogue of natural and urban sections of the Catalan coast according to article 67 and transitional provision 24 of Royal Decree 876/2014 approving the General Coastal Regulations.

Date (Revision): 2016-09-26

Identifier: IDEC / classificacio-platges

Purpose: To have a classification of beaches.

Owner

Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition (Generalitat de Catalunya)

https://territori.gencat.cat/ca/inici/

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

IDEC - llocs

Catalonia
Spain
Europe

IDEC - temes

Hub litoral
SIDL

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: CC0 1.0 Universal

Spatial representation type: Vector

Metadata language: Catalan; Valencian

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Planning cadastre

Description: The spatial extension covers the coast of Catalonia. The temporal extension refers to the date of the data.

Unique resource identifier: ETRS89 UTM zone 31 North (EPSG:25831)

Distribution format

GML ()
CSV ()
KML ()
SHP ()
PDF ()

Distributor

Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition (Generalitat de Catalunya)

https://territori.gencat.cat/ca/inici/

OnLine resource: Data visualization and download
Access point

OnLine resource: Coastal viewer description
Access point

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure: Compliance with INSPIRE requirements (data)

Evaluation method description: The data of this dataset do not aim to achieve compliance with INSPIRE regulations. For this reason, its conformity is not evaluated and it is declared not conformant compliant by default.

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2014-12-31

Explanation: Not conformant

Pass: No

Domain consistency

Name of measure: Compliance with INSPIRE requirements (metadata)

Evaluation method description: The compliance of the metadata is evaluated using the "INSPIRE Reference Validator" web tool. The metadata is considered correct when the only errors reported are related with the main language of the metadata file. These errors are due to the fact that Catalan is not included in the list of official languages of the European Union.

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2008-12-04

Explanation: Conformant

Pass: Yes

Statement: Data elaboration from various sources of information.

Description: ICGC cartographic bases.

Description: Data from the Coastal Service archives on seasonal services in Catalan coastal municipalities.

Description: Geographic data from the Manual of coastal habitats of Catalonia.

Description: Geographic data provided by the ACA from the official Census of bathing areas of the Ministry of Health.

Description: Urban and environmental information extracted from the MUC and other geographic bases produced by the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition.

Description: Information provided by experts familiar with the territory from the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition in urban planning, landscaping and coastal matters.

Description: Allegations presented by the local administration and reports from the General Directorate of Environmental Policies and the Natural Environment to the hearing procedure agreed upon by the General Directorate of Territorial Planning and Urban Planning on March 30, 2016.