Vector attributed digital bathymetry of UK and adjacent European waters including North Sea, English Channel, South-west Approaches, Irish Sea and north-west Scotland.
Current release – Version 2.0 – January 2008
NEW January 2008: coverage extended to include whole of the North Sea
Introduction
DigBath250 is a vector attributed digital bathymetry of United Kingdom (UK) and adjacent European waters. Its purpose is to provide a regional scale digital bathymetry as a primary dataset for geographic information systems (GIS), mapping and modelling of the sea bed and sub seabed. It may also be useful for regional scale tidal, current and water column modelling. It has been produced to a specification for non-navigation applications only. It is available in standard GIS and CAD formats.
The coverage of DigBath250 Version 2.0 includes the whole of the UK continental shelf and slope and extends into adjacent European waters to cover the whole of the Irish Sea and North Sea. Version 2.0 has been compiled primarily with bathymetric data from:
- The British Geological Survey
- Flemish Hydrography (Vlaamse Hydrografie) Belgium
- The Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography (Farvandsvæsenet)
- The German Hydrographic Office (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie- BSH)
- The Netherlands Hydrographic Office (Bureau Hydrografie)
- The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (Statens Kartverk)
- The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
