11edc4ec-5269-40b9-86c8-17201fa4e74e-new eng Welsh Government Geography and Technology Cathays Park - 2 Cardiff Wales CF10 3NQ UK cartographics@wales.gsi.gov.uk 2011-10-28T17:27:04 Gemini 2.1 - - - urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::Nat. Grid GB OGP World Heritage Sites in Wales GIS Polygon and Polyline Dataset WHS in Wales GIS Dataset 2005-01-01 27700 EPSG UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Sites are places or buildings of outstanding universal value. UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to encourage countries to ensure the protection of their own natural and cultural heritage. Wales has three World Heritage Sites, the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd, the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. All planning enquiries that may effect a World Heritage Site, its setting or significant view should be directed to Cadw. The World Heritage Sites dataset comprises 4 ESRI Shapefiles, these are:- 1: World Heritage Sites (WHS) 2: Essential Setting (ES) 3: Significant View (SV) 4: Arcs of View (AV) CADW (The Historic Environment Service of the Welsh Assembly Government) Mapping and Charting Officer CADW Plas Carew, Unit 5/7 Cefn Coed Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF15 7QQ United Kingdom cadw@wales.gsi.gov.uk CADW_Whs_s.png thumbnail png CADW_Whs.png large_thumbnail png Protected sites GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 CADW World Heritage Sites Copyright 1 5000 environment -6.349669208373599 -1.8959807251206617 50.948649366562954 53.77117345513605 - OGC Web Map Service 1.3.0 http://inspire.wales.gov.uk/metadata?uuid=11edc4ec-5269-40b9-86c8-17201fa4e74e http://inspire.wales.gov.uk/maps/Protected_sites/wms?request=getCapabilities http://inspire.wales.gov.uk/maps/Protected_sites/wms? OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map Protected_sites:world_heritage_sites_feb10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Wales) UK GEMINI Standard version 2.0 2009-07-20 Conforms to GEMINI2 2.0 draft schematron true The Purpose of this data is to map World Heritage Sites in Wales.