An area designated for use or of interest for the military of a specific nation.
Military Areas can have different types depending on the MSP Challenge edition you are looking at. Please refer to the region's tabs for more information about each region.
IN THIS TAB SPECIFIC NORTH SEA CONTENT IS PLACED
Military Areas can at present be Fly Zones (often called military operations areas), more general Practice Areas (so also for naval ships), Ammunition Dumps (often very old) or undefined (not all military activities or interests are known to the general public or to other nations).
Adapted from data provided by NorthSEE partner Rijkswaterstaat, the Netherlands.
Updated in 2020 for the Dutch EEZ based on the open source data from Rijswaterstaat - WFS.
Not applicable for the global dataset.
The update for the Dutch EEZ was based on the "militaire gebieden" from Rijkswaterstaat.
No description was provided with the original global dataset.
The description from Rijkswaterstaat's dataset can be translate has: area in the North Sea and The Channel used for laying and clearing mines,
and military target practice with guns from both shore and aircraft. It includes all flying areas, ammunition areas, training areas and firing ranges.
The global military areas dataset provided by the partners contained data from 2014-02.
In 2020-02 the data for the Dutch EEZ was updated based on the open source data from Rijswaterstaat - WFS.
The global dataset was implemented directly in the MSP Challenge, later the data for the Dutch EEZ was replaced by the newer Dutch dataset mentioned above after repojecting it from RD new to Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (EPSG:3035)..
IN THIS TAB SPECIFIC BALTIC SEA CONTENT IS PLACED
Open street maps, accessed june 2016.
Military areas
NA
Reprojected the geodata layer to Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (EPSG:3035).
IN THIS TAB SPECIFIC CLYDE MARINE REGION CONTENT IS PLACED
At the moment there is no data layer representing the Military Areas in the Clyde Marine Region.
Not applicable.
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yyyy-mm-dd
Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge.
IN THIS TAB SPECIFIC ADRIATIC SEA CONTENT IS PLACED
Provided by the project partner CNR-ISMAR based on data from portodimare geoportal.
Military Practise Areas
"Areas restricted or dangerous to navigation , normally used for naval exercises and shooting published by IIM (Istituto Idrografico Marina Militare)". Retrieved from portodimare geoportalon 2022/01/25.
2019-12-03
Data layer implemented as provided by project partners.
Co-funded by the European Union.