Aids to navigation (AtoN)

"Aids ton navigation" product contains a description of landmarks, beaconage or buoyage, in the French Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

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June 04 2025 version

Citation proposal
. Aids to navigation (AtoN). https://services.data.shom.fr:/geonetwork/WS/api/records/BDML_BALISAGE.xml

Simple

Date ( Creation ): 2018-10-01

Date ( Revision ): 2025-06-04

Identifier: http://www.shom.fr/BDML/BALISAGE

Credit: ©Shom

Point of contact

Shom

13 rue du Chatellier

BREST

29200

France

Keywords ( Theme )

beaconage
buoy
beacon
landmark
light
lighthouse
open data
Product

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Transport networks

INSPIRE Spatial scope

Nationales

High-value dataset categories

Mobilité

Use limitation: Data may be freely used providing that the source is mentioned as follows "Shom, 2025. https://dx.doi.org/10.17183/DOI_BALISAGE_MARITIME"

Use limitation: Do not use for navigation.

Use limitation: Data may be freely used providing that the source is mentioned as follows "Shom, 2025. https://dx.doi.org/10.17183/DOI_BALISAGE_MARITIME"

Access constraints: License

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Pas de restriction d'accès public. No public access restrictions.

Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Vector

Metadata language: fre French

Character set: utf8 UTF8

Topic category

Transportation

Distribution format

SHP
(
inapplicable
)
GeoPackage
(
1.3.0
)
GML
(
3.2
)

Point of contact

Shom

OnLine resource

Shom Geoportal

OnLine resource: BALISAGE_BDD_WMSV
Access point / WMS Aids to navigation (AtoN)

OnLine resource: Download link Aids to navigation (AtoN)

OnLine resource

Shom marketplace

Hierarchy level: Series

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-11-23

Explanation: Information sur la conformité au règlement d'interopérabilité des séries et des services de données géographiques.

Pass: true

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2014-04-17

Explanation: Information sur la conformité de la ressource à une spécification (INSPIRE).

Pass: true

Statement: The information concerning buoyage and beaconage is collected by Shom and maintained in its databases. This information is provided by the Lighthouses and Beacons office of the Direction générale des affaires maritimes, de la pêche et de l'aquaculture (DGAMPA), but also by other organisations such as autonomous ports, port managers, local authorities, French Navy or acquired directly at sea by the Shom's survey units.