{"id":17333,"date":"2017-11-21T16:19:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=17333"},"modified":"2017-11-21T16:19:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:19:23","slug":"ihbc-welcomes-update-of-scotlands-environment-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17333","title":{"rendered":"IHBC welcomes update of Scotland\u2019s environment website"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ScotlandEnvironment_website211117.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17334\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ScotlandEnvironment_website211117.png\" alt=\"Scotland Environment website\" width=\"250\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>Changes to the face of Scotland\u2019s environment newly launched website\u2013 reflecting how technology, design and user needs are constantly evolving have led them a long way since the initial idea of creating Scotland\u2019s first \u2018gateway to what you want to know about the environment\u2019 back in 2009.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s environment writes:<\/p>\n<p>The website has a new user focussed design and mobile first: The whole website has a new up-to-date look that has been informed by feedback from our users. We\u2019ve designed the site with mobile devices in mind, meaning you\u2019ll find the website and data more accessible on your mobile devices. And for our desktop web users, you\u2019ll find an enhanced experience too.<\/p>\n<p>Easier to find what you\u2019re looking for: New navigation at the top of each page; an enhanced search that allows you to use key words to search web pages, map data layers, data analysis tools, blogs, PDFs and documents; and regularly refreshed links on the home page highlighting data, tools and information, and providing suggestion for information you might find of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Our environment: Topics covering many important issues facing Scotland\u2019s environment, with key messages on why they are important, data to help understand current status, policy and legislation that drive action, further information on what is being done, and details of organisations active on the topic that can provide more detailed guidance and expertise. Each topic also has links to relevant data and information elsewhere on the website and to a wide range of other information published by our partners.<\/p>\n<p>Map tool: You\u2019ll see big changes on Map tool &#8211; our most popular data viewing tool on the website. You can now search for the data you are interested in by title, publishing organisation, theme and keyword, and view any combination of spatial data from different sources on the one map. Scotland\u2019s environment website is the only place you can do this.<\/p>\n<p>Useful data sources and map tools: The website is a rich source of information and data published by our partners. It\u2019s now much clearer to see who publishes the data accessible throughout our website, and we\u2019ve provided you with recommended useful data sources and other map tools developed by our partners that you might find useful.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s environment website isn\u2019t where our gateway to information and data finishes. Through partnerships and collaboration, Scotland\u2019s environment web is a growing network of interconnected, trusted and authoritative sources of data and information. These websites are branded as \u2018Part of Scotland\u2019s environment\u2019 and contain more detailed and specialised environmental data on certain topics. This currently includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scotland\u2019s soils \u2013 data and information on Scotland\u2019s soils;<\/li>\n<li>Scotland\u2019s noise \u2013 view maps of noise from road, rail, air traffic and industry;<\/li>\n<li>Scotland\u2019s aquaculture \u2013 data about the aquaculture industry in Scotland<\/li>\n<li>NBN Atlas Scotland \u2013 submit and view data about plants, animals and habitats in Scotland;<\/li>\n<li>This network is growing so look out for the \u2018Part of&#8230;\u2019 logo over the coming months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But the work to evolve Scotland\u2019s environment website doesn\u2019t just stop here. We\u2019re already working on a new and improved version of the Land Information Search tool, and a data catalogue that will help you search and discover all the data resources you can access through the website. You can also expect to see new Our environment topics, map data layers and projects on Project Finder being added as we develop new topics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s important to us to know what you think; we\u2019ll continue to seek your feedback to make sure we can provide the best product possible to help you find and view environmental data and information. So this may be the latest incarnation of Scotland\u2019s environment website but by no means do we expect it to be the last.<\/li>\n<li>If you have saved bookmarks and links to the old Scotland\u2019s environment website, don\u2019t forget to update these with the new website www.environment.gov.scot<\/li>\n<li>Watch out for updates over the coming months that will provide a more in-depth view of the different features of Scotland\u2019s environment website and what are partners are doing to address some of the big environmental issues facing Scotland. You can do this by looking out for our latest blogs, signing up to our newsletter and following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.environment.gov.scot\/news\/blog\/welcome-to-our-new-website-environmentgovscot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes to the face of Scotland\u2019s environment newly launched website\u2013 reflecting how technology, design and user needs are constantly evolving have led them a long way since the initial idea of creating Scotland\u2019s first \u2018gateway to what you want to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17333\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17335,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17333\/revisions\/17335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}