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Biogeographical region for Malta
Regions and CitiesArticle 17 of the Habitats Directive requires Member States to report every six years about the progress made with the implementation of the Habitats Directive, according to the biogeographical region. Malta has only one biogeographical region, this being a Mediterranean one, as represented in this dataset. -
Classification of the MALTA at Local Administrative Unit 2 Level
Regions and CitiesThe local administrative units, abbreviated as LAUs, form a system for dividing up the economic territory of the European Union (EU) for the purpose of statistics at local level. They have been set up by Eurostat and they are compatible with NUTS. The LAU classification is equivalent to the classification of all Maltese local councils into six districts by Malta Geographic Codes (MGC). At local level, two levels of LAU have been defined: the upper level (LAU1, formerly NUTS level 4) which are the six districts and the lower level (LAU2, formerly NUTS level 5) which consist of the 68 local councils. -
Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Sites reported under the SEVESO Directive
Regions and CitiesThe Seveso Directive obliges Member States to ensure that operators have a policy in place to prevent major accidents. Operators handling dangerous substances above certain thresholds must regularly inform the public likely to be affected by an accident, providing safety reports, a safety management system and an internal emergency plan. Twelve COMAH establishments have been identified in Malta, eight of which are upper tier sites. The establishments are all designated as COMAH sites due to the type and quantity of fuels stored at the facilities. -
Geographical Names (i.e. Place Names)
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Geographical Sub-area in which the Maltese Islands are found
Regions and CitiesThe Geographical Sub-Areas (GSAs) were established under the RES-GFCM/33/2009/2 - Establishment of Geographical Sub-Areas in the GFCM area amending the resolution GFCM/31/2007/2. The dataset only shows the GSA15 which is the GSA in which the Maltese Islands are found. For all the GSAs, one must refer to the legislation mentioned above or the following website: http://www.fao.org/gfcm/data/map-geographical-subareas/en/ -
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Bedrock
Regions and CitiesData identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. Bedrock geology describes the main mass of solid rocks forming the earth's crust. Bedrock is present everywhere, whether exposed at surface in outcrops or concealed beneath superficial deposits or water bodies. The data includes attribution to identify each rock type (in varying levels of detail). The bedrock has formed over long periods of geological time during the Oligocene, Miocene and Pleistocene epochs. The age of the rocks is identified in the data through their lithostratigraphic name. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles. -
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Bedrock bedding measurements
Regions and CitiesData identifying observation locations (shown as points) describing the bedding orientation of bedrock units. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. Bedrock measurements describe the orientation of bedding in terms of dip and dip-azimuth. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles. -
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Faults
Regions and CitiesFaults are depicted as linear features (shown as polylines) representing a structural contact between geological units; Faults are typically associated with the bedrock theme and identify a plane of movement or failure where a body of bedrock has been fractured and displaced relative to another, by a large-scale process affecting the earth's crust. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles. -
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Solution Subsidence
Regions and CitiesData identifying boundaries (shown as polylines) describing the contact between geological units at the margins of karstic dolines and sinkholes. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. The data includes attribution to identify the local names, and postulated age of formation of the features (in varying levels of detail). Several modes of failure are represented by the doline/sinkholes, The boundaries therefore represent planes of structural failure or flexure. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles. -
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands – Superficial
Regions and CitiesData identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and deposit descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Superficial deposits are the youngest geological deposits formed during the most recent period of geological time, the Quaternary, which extends back approximately 2.588million years from the present. They lie on top of older deposits or rocks referred to as bedrock. Superficial deposits were laid down by various natural processes such as action by water, wind, and weathering. These superficial deposits are unconsolidated sediments such as gravel, sand, silt and clay. The digital data includes attribution to identify each deposit type. -
Large Scale Topography Buildings
Regions and CitiesAn object oriented geospatial database of the Maltese Islands. This dataset reflects structures and other features which sit upon the earth, such as buildings. -
Localities Dataset
Regions and CitiesLocalities Dataset which shall hold records of all the localities, communities and sub-localities which are identified on the official base map -
MALTA Classification at Local Administrative Unit (LAU), Level 1
Regions and CitiesThe local administrative units, abbreviated as LAUs, form a system for dividing up the economic territory of the European Union (EU) for the purpose of statistics at local level. They have been set up by Eurostat and they are compatible with NUTS. The LAU classification is equivalent to the classification of all Maltese localities into six districts by Malta Geographic Codes (MGC).At local level, two levels of LAU have been defined: The upper level (LAU1, formerly NUTS level 4)The lower level (LAU2, formerly NUTS level 5) -
MALTA Classification at NUTS 3 Level
Regions and CitiesThe Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) was established by Eurostat to provide a single uniform breakdown of territorial units for the production of regional statistics for the European Union. -
Malta European geostatistical 1km grid
Regions and CitiesThis dataset series contains geographical grids of 1km grid cell size for Malta.The main attributes are a Grid ID coding the East and North coordinate of the lower left corner of each grid cell plus the hierarchy level plus the quad-tree level. And the INSPIREID of the lower grid cell corner. The grid has been created following the requirements of COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services and the INSPIRE Specification on Geographical Grid Systems - Guidelines. The grid can be used to represent all kinds of statistical and scientific values. The main application is the representation of demographic data (population). This 1km grid was provided by the Eurostat European Commission -
Parcels of Registered Land
Regions and CitiesThe main functions and responsibilities of the Land Registry emanate from the Land Registration Act (Chapter 296 of the Laws of Malta) primarily in receiving applications for the registration of immovable property within registration areas. -
Regions Dataset
Regions and CitiesRegions Dataset which shall hold the list of officially recognized geographical regions which represent a sub-division of Malta, as may be identified and included by the Registrar. -
Streets Dataset
Regions and CitiesStreets Dataset which shall hold records of all streets which are publicly or privately-owned and which serve as thoroughfares or any other type of passageway and which are assigned a name by the Registrar -
WFD Coastal Water Bodies
Regions and CitiesWFD coastal water bodies used for the purposes of the MSFD Reporting
