Wrecks and obstructions listed by Shom

The product "Wrecks and obstructions" contains a description of wrecks and obstructions in the French Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as 2D point objects. Objects of the product "Wrecks and obstructions" are divided into 2 classes:

- Wrecks (WRECKS): all or part of a stranded or sunken ship or aircraft;

- Obstructions (OBSTRN): object of an artificial nature other than a wreck (for example: container, lost anchor).

This product does not concern floating or drifting objects (containers, debris, buoys out of position, ...) which position changes rapidly.

Citation proposal
. Wrecks and obstructions listed by Shom. https://services.data.shom.fr:/geonetwork/cache/api/records/BDML_EPAVES.xml

Simple

Date ( Creation ): 1995-01-01

Date ( Revision ): 2025-06-04

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

Credit: ©Shom

Point of contact

Shom

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BREST

29200

France

Keywords ( Theme )

wrecks
obstructions
obstacles
Product
open data

INSPIRE Spatial scope

Nationales

Use limitation: Public license Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) – https://dx.doi.org/10.17183/EPAVES_OBSTRUCTIONS

Use limitation: Do not use for navigation.

Use limitation: Public license Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) – https://dx.doi.org/10.17183/EPAVES_OBSTRUCTIONS

Access constraints: License

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public license Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) – https://dx.doi.org/10.17183/EPAVES_OBSTRUCTIONS

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

Oceans

Distribution format

SHP
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inapplicable
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GeoPackage
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1.3.0
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CSV
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inapplicable
)

Point of contact

Shom

OnLine resource

Shom Geoportal

OnLine resource: EPAVES_BDD_WLD_WGS84G_WMS
Access point / WMS Wrecks and obstructions listed by Shom

OnLine resource: EPAVES_BDD_WFS:wrecks
Access point / Wrecks and obstructions listed by Shom - wrecks

OnLine resource: EPAVES_BDD_WFS:obstrn
Access point / Wrecks and obstructions listed by Shom - obstrn

OnLine resource: Download link Wrecks and obstructions listed by Shom

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

Statement

The information used in the elaboration of this product comes from various sources.

Shom intern collection:

These are mainly surveys carried out by Shom's survey units. However, the following information can also be integrated:

- elements shown on an official nautical chart that have not been surveyed;

- information produced from satellite or aerial images or lidar surveys.

External collection:

- French Navy: some French Navy vessels fitted with underwater investigation equipment carry out interventions by divers and transmit the results of their explorations to Shom;

- Public organizations: in particular, the Departmental Directorates of Territories and the Sea (DDTM);

- Port organizations;

- Diving associations such as the Group for Research and Identification of Wrecks in the Eastern Channel (GRIEME);

- DRASSM: Department of underwater and underwater archaeological research;

- Divers wishing to share their information.