Dataset: Location of lighthouses

1 Data information

This dataset provides the location of lighthouses inventoried by the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLS). It includes both existing lighthouses and historical ones that have been removed, relocated or destroyed (column Status). The dataset includes the name of the lighthouse, its code in the ARLSH database and the gridsquare within which it is located. Coordinates are approximate for most of the lighthouses.

1.1 Metadata

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2 Geographical extent

2.1 Coordinates

## [1] "West-Longitude: -5.24"

## [1] "South-Latitude: 48.23"

## [1] "East-Longitude: -4.81"

## [1] "North-Latitude: 48.56"

2.2 Defined area

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3 Location of lighthouses

3.1 Access data

The Web Feature Service (WFS) of the EMODnet Human activities portal allows collecting the data:
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.0

Available labels:

##  [1] "FID"                 "arlhs_number"        "country"            
##  [4] "name"                "status"              "distance_to_shore_m"
##  [7] "position_coastline"  "comments"            "the_geom"           
## [10] "y"                   "x"

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Excel file	Geographic information
csv	geojson

3.2 Table

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3.3 Map

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3.5 Interactive map

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