Use constraints: The dataset includes data provided by the BRISK Project Partner organisations. The detailed documentation of what partner provided what data and under what conditions is given in the Annex of the document: 70618-3.1.2.2 Data Collection Report: http://www.brisk.helcom.fi/publications/en_GB/publications/_files/87683540275822972/default/Report%20on%20collected%20data.pdf

The data set is showing sandy beaches along the Baltic Sea coast as polyline used for the BRISK project (Sub-regional risk of spill of oil and hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea, http://www.brisk.helcom.fi/). This dataset has been produced by COWI ( http://www.cowi.dk) based on data collected from Russia and COWI from figure 2.7 Major coast types in the Baltic (Bird & Schwartz 1985) and HELCOM (1993) Tacis rapport and additions in Germany (CRJ).