This table identifies the data types and owners, as well as sources and update frequencies. It applies to map data.

KDO= Key Data Owner
Class= Type
Source Type= How the data is accessed and/or stored
Update Frequency= Data is updated by the key data owner anywhere from every 15 minutes (in the case of Kystverket) to monthly.
Comments= Extra information to help explain the data.

KDO Class Source type Update frequency Description/Comments
www.dirnat.no nature types online zipped shapefile monthly Nature types are areas important for the biological diversity in municipalities in Norway. The mapping has concentrated on 12 marine nature types and 57 nature types on land. The mapping also include key areas that are important for selected species and areas have a particular local importance.
www.dirnat.no protected areas online zipped shapefile monthly The protected areas are limited nature areas given protection by the authorities. The purpose is to take care of different nature types and landscapes for the benefit of mankind and to sustain the living conditions for plants and animal species, i.e. the biological diversity. There are several forms of protection; National parks, landscape protection and nature reserves. Different regulations apply to these protective forms. In Norway there are more than 2000 protected areas at the mainland and on Svalbard.
www.dirnat.no recreational areas online zipped shapefile monthly Public recreational areas with development restrictions. Nothing for Svalbard
www.dirnat.no suggested protected areas online zipped shapefile monthly These areas have been proposed for protection by the county environmental administration or by the Directorate for Nature Management, but the formal process of protection have not yet been completed.
www.dirnat.no marine protected areas online zipped shapefile monthly The data set shows the areas that are proposed to be included in the national marine conservation plan for Norway.
www.dirnat.no marine nature types online zipped shapefile monthly Each marine sector is associated with a data set obtained from the Report of DN, NR1 1997: Distribution of Marine, Benthic Macro-Organisms in Norway, and consists of instances of macro plants, free-living macroinvertebrates, and deep-sea fish that are registered in the region. The data set was originally designed to find a biogeographic basis for selection of marine protected areas in Norway.
www.dirnat.no SVO (particularly valuable areas) online zipped shapefile monthly Combined data sets of SVO for Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and North Sea. The data set contains particularly valuable areas that are identified through the comprehensive management plans of the respective seas. Particularly valuable areas in the Barents Sea and Lofoten include vulnerable habitats, important spawning and nursery areas for fish, important areas for seabirds, Eggakanten, polar front, the ice edge, and coastal zone. Particularly valuable areas in the Norwegian Sea include vulnerable habitats, important spawning areas for herring and pollock, the main spawning areas for cod, important areas for seabirds and mammals, Eggakanten, the arctic front, and the coastal zone.
www.fdir.no aquaculture localities static web page monthly List of aquaculture locations. Note that one aquaculture permit may use more than one location. Note that not all locations are in active use at any time.
www.fdir.no main statistic areas online zipped shapefile monthly Main fishery statistical areas with geographical boundaries. For the time beeing without fishery statistics. The Directorate of Fisheries and Statistics Norway (SSB) provide fishery statistics on request.
www.fdir.no mooring sites online zipped shapefile monthly Mooring sites in Norwegian called “Kaste og låssettingsplasser” are sites used by fishermen to catch and contain the catch for a temporal period of time.
www.fdir.no salmon fjords online zipped shapefile monthly The Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget, has by plenary decisions of 25 February 2003 and 15 May 2007 decided to establish a network of 52 National Salmon Rivers (NSR) and 29 National Salmon Fjords (NSF). The purpose of NSF and NSR is to give the most important salmon stocks in Norway special protection against possible negative impacts from certain activities in the rivers, and from salmon farming in the surrounding fjords and costal areas. In 14 of the 29 NSF farming of anadromous fish is prohibited, and existing farms in these fjords has to relocate and move out before 01.03.2011
www.fdir.no shellfish sites online zipped shapefile monthly Sites where shellfish are exploited commercially by fishermen
www.fdir.no spawning areas online zipped shapefile monthly Only a few counties in Norway has reported in spawning areas. Thus, this data theme should be considered to be incomplete at this stage. Spawning areas of coastal fish stocks maintained by Directorate of Fisheries. Note that the dataset does not include the large fish stocks spawning in open sea areas. These data are maintained by Institute for Marine Research.
www.fdir.no statistic locations online zipped shapefile monthly Fishery statistical areas with geographical boundaries. For the time beeing without fishery statistics. The Directorate of Fisheries and Statistics Norway (SSB) provide fishery statistics on request.
www.imr.no coral areas online zipped shapefile monthly Deep water coral area boundaries from IMR
www.imr.no vulnerable nature types online zipped shapefile monthly Vulnerable nature types mapped by MAREANO.
www.imr.no coral reefs online zipped shapefile monthly Deep water coral reef spots from IMR
www.imr.no sea mammal species distribution online zipped shapefile monthly Combined shapefiles of the distribution of 19 sea mammal species. Additional information for the sea mammals from: http://www.imr.no/temasider/sjopattedyr/nb-no
www.imr.no fish species distribution online zipped shapefile monthly Combined shapefiles of the distribution of 3 fish species. Additional information for the fish from: http://www.imr.no/temasider/fisk/nb-no
www.kystverket.no vessel 1 hour history web service 12 AIS 60 minutes position history reports from the ships on Norwegian Coastal Administration.
www.kystverket.no vessel positions web service 12 AIS current position reports from the ships on Norwegian Coastal Administration.
www.kystverket.no onshore logistics online zipped shapefile monthly Combined shapefiles of ISPS terminals. Covers approved ISPS terminals, and those who have applied for approval.
www.kystverket.no ship ways online zipped shapefile monthly Coastal shipping lines
www.kystverket.no fishery harbours and lanes online zipped shapefile monthly Fishing harbors and lanes.
www.kystverket.no MOB online zipped shapefile monthly Combined shapefiles of MOB. SFT and DN has developed a method for prioritization of environmental resources in connection with oil spills, the so-called rescue method to be used in emergency context (Model for the prioritization of environmental resources by oil spills along the coast). This method is based on the environmental resources assigned to four different value criteria that together give the area a priority, and that they are assigned a vulnerability period. MOB A areas are the most important with decreasing importance to B, C, and D, respectively.
www.kystverket.no military areas online zipped shapefile monthly The data set shows the military ban areas that are associated with specific and closely defined restrictions. The areas include prohibitions against access by unauthorized persons or activities. The areas are subject to changes in the geographical extent and prohibitions related to them. Please refer to the charts published by the Hydrographic Service for official information.
www.kystverket.no emergency ports online zipped shapefile monthly Combined shapefiles of emergency ports, both accepted and suggested. Places of refuge in Norway included in the NCA contingency plan. Refuge is considered the most appropriate place to take the vessel in order to avoid or minimize acute pollution and be a part of NCA preparedness against acute pollution. In each situation, however, any place is a possible refuge.

Places of refuge are separated into two categories.
Category 1: refuge particularly suitable for the largest vessels (tankers and large bulk carriers of the size that runs Narvik). Places of refuge in category 1 would primarily be required in connection with the outer fairway where tankers sail and fairways to the oil terminals and other ports where tankers and product tankers are going. These places can also be used by other traffic in the area.
Category 2: refuge for the expected traffic in the area. First of all vessels over 5000 GT.
www.kystverket.no aiports online zipped shapefile monthly The data set shows the airport locations, both major and minor airports.
www.met.no hindcast data static web page never References to historical observations on the platforms, frequency tables for wind and wave data, and hindcast with total sea and swell from 1955 to 2006 originally available from http://butikk.met.no
www.met.no ice today online KML file daily Daily ice chart. Not updating for the moment!
www.met.no ice week ago online KML file daily One week old daily ice chart. Not updating for the moment!
www.met.no ice month ago online KML file daily One month old daily ice chart. Not updating for the moment!
www.met.no weather stations static web page monthly Weather stations ever operated under Norwegian jurisdiction. Search directly for a spesific station at www.eklima.no
www.statkart.no bathymetry data FTP shapefile never This dataset contains an overview of areas with marine geodata displayed in a grid.

Marine geodata or primary data consists of seamless bathymetry and coastline in a vector format. The data is continuously updated through input of new information from internal and external sources, and has been subjected to scale correction and generalisation only to a limited degree. In principal, this is our best, unclassified data and it has been subjected to extensive quality controls.

A data set will consist of shallows, soundings, depth contours and bathymetry areas, coastline and skerries, as well as land areas. The point density will vary depending on source and depth, and the minimum distance between soundings is 50 metres. The typical scales used are 1:10,000 – 1:30,000, but other scales can also be used. The quality of the data will vary depending on source and age.

At the moment, the NHS does not have full data coverage in the two of the northernmost counties (Nordland and Finnmark) as well as the County of Sogn og Fjordane. Production continues consecutively. Navigation critical areas are prioritised during hydrographical surveys, and some areas are therefore marked as not surveyed.

 

 
www.statkart.no hydrographic surveys FTP shapefile never This dataset shows availability of hydrographic survey data.

The hydrographic survey data, traditionally called fair sheets, contain the soundings from the hydrographic survey. Modern surveying is carried out using multi-beam echo sounders. Single-beam echo sounders and hand lead were used earlier, which means that the data density will vary depending on the data source and age. These data are used as basis for the NHS’ digital and analogue chart products and are very detailed. It is therefore defined as classified material by the Armed Forces. Access is depending on approval.

Most of the NHS hydrographical survey data is available in a digital format (sosi, shape or xyz files), but there are still some fair sheets available only in paper format.

Digital deliveries of modern hydrographical survey data often consist of soundings only. Depth contours can be generated if agreed, or the unclassified depth contours can be used. The analogue fair sheets and older single beam survey data will usually cover several topics: coastline, foreshore, navaids, bottom conditions, etc.

 

 
www.statkart.no rig positions online PDF daily Mobile units for Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea and North Sea north of 55° N and east of 05° W
www.ngu.no geological units online HTML page monthly Geological Units on Norwegian Continental Shelf and Svalbard. Dataset was automatically spatialised using coordinate information metadata.
www.ngu.no sediment classes shapefile on FTP monthly Classification of sediments based on grain size by NGU.
www.nofo.no NRB IUA online HTML forms monthly Location of IUA depots. The dataset was spatialised using Yahoo geocode service
www.nofo.no NRB units online HTML forms monthly The National Resource Base contain information on emergency preparedness resources available oil spill combat in Norwegian waters. The units are various entities or resources that may be utilized in oil spill response actions. The dataset was spatialised using Yahoo geocode service
www.npd.no blocks offline shapefile never Petroleum block boundaries
www.npd.no current acquisition areas online zipped shapefile weekly Reported seismic acquisition activity, Gross and Net areas.
www.npd.no current acquisition lines online zipped shapefile weekly Reported seismic acquisition activity, 2D-lines.
www.npd.no discoveries online zipped shapefile weekly Discoveries:Unprojected ED50 shape dataset.
www.npd.no domes online zipped shapefile never This dataset contains the main domes of the Norwegian shelf and adjacent areas. The data is compiled by the NPD and is based on the officially approved structural elements.

Please note that some of the structural elements which are defined have not yet been approved by Norsk Stratigrafisk Komite. This applies in particular in the North Sea.

The information in this dataset may be updated without notice.

From NPD geological pages

 

 
www.npd.no facilities online zipped shapefile weekly General information about subsurface and surface facilities such as name, position, fact-page and fact-map URLs and unique NPD ids.
www.npd.no faults online zipped shapefile never This dataset contains the main faults of the Norwegian shelf and adjacent areas. The data is compiled by the NPD and is based on the officially approved structural elements.

Please note that some of the structural elements which are defined have not yet been approved by Norsk Stratigrafisk Komite. This applies in particular in the North Sea.

The information in this dataset may be updated without notice.

From NPD geological pages

 

 
www.npd.no fields online zipped shapefile weekly General information about fields such as name, status, discovery wellbore and unique NPD id.
www.npd.no licenses online zipped shapefile weekly Current production licenses: on the Norwegian continental shelf. Unprojected ED50 shape dataset
www.npd.no pipelines online zipped shapefile weekly Major pipelines unprojected ED50 shape dataset.
www.npd.no quadrants offline shapefile never Quadrant shapes
www.npd.no structural elements online zipped shapefile never This dataset contains the main structural elements of the Norwegian shelf and adjacent areas. The data is compiled by the NPD and is based on the officially approved structural elements.

Please note that some of the structural elements which are defined have not yet been approved by Norsk Stratigrafisk Komite. This applies in particular in the North Sea.

The information in this dataset may be updated without notice.

From NPD geological pages

 

 
www.npd.no subareas offline shapefile never Subarea boundaries
www.npd.no wellbores online zipped shapefile weekly Development and Exploration wellbores unprojected ED50 shape dataset
www.seapop.no coastal grid merged online shapefiles never Distribution of coastal seabirds from SEAPOP. For each species fraction of population in 10*10 km grid cells are avilable for various seasons. Detailed information on each species are found at the Seapop pages. Direct access to Seapop map server for selection and download of relative population fractions of selected species. The selection may also be done through ArcticWeb map functionality.
www.seapop.no open sea grid merged online shapefiles never Data on distribution of Seabirds at open sea from SEAPOP. For each species the probability to encounter birds in 10*10 km grid cells during winter, summer and autumn is available. Detailed information on each species are found at the Seapop pages.

Shape-files of the probability distribution may be downloaded here.

More information available in the report: Anker-Nilssen, T., Barrett, R.T., Bustnes, J.O., Erikstad, K.E., Fauchald, P., Lorentsen, S-H., Steen, H., Strøm, H., Systad, G.H. og Tveraa, T. 2007. SEAPOP studies in the Lofoten and Barents Sea area in 2006. NINA report 249. 63 pp.

 

 
www.sintef.no shallow wells online HTML page never From 1982 to 1993, IKU (Continental Shelf Institute, now SINTEF Petroleum Research) mapped parts of the Norwegian continental shelf using a combination of shallow, high-resolution seismics and “shallow” (max. 580 m) stratigraphic drilling (diamond coring). Heat flow in the overburden was also determined at selected locations.

The seismic investigations, heat flow measurements and the collection, description and analysis of the cores and other rock samples were financed by a number of oil companies through various projects (map) during a period of 20 years.

Drill cores from more than 90 holes on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (map) and with a total length of 6600 m were collected. The rocks range in age from Late Ordovician to Late Tertiary.