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EnvironmentGeospatial

Coastal and Marine Habitat Map of Singapore 2018

Data from Nov 2025

Last updated: 28 Dec 2025, 10:06 SGT

NPARKS (National Parks Board)

A high-resolution coastal and marine habitat map for Singapore created through pixel-based supervised classification of satellite imagery, bathymetry data, and expert ground knowledge.

Attribute Legend

AttributesData TypeDescription
OBJECTIDNumeric-
HABITAT_CODENumeric-
HABITAT_TYPEText-
INC_CRCText-
FMEL_UPD_DNumeric-
SHAPE.AREANumeric-
SHAPE.LENNumeric-

Dataset preview

This code can be used to view the raw JSON dataset for Coastal and Marine Habitat Map of Singapore 2018. Large datasets may be truncated in the preview. Please download the dataset for complete data.

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_18bcfe0a1b8c77f9b4493cef72ffd717"
url = "https://api-open.data.gov.sg/v1/public/api/datasets/" + dataset_id + "/poll-download"
        
response = requests.get(url)
json_data = response.json()
if json_data['code'] != 0:
    print(json_data['errMsg'])
    exit(1)

url = json_data['data']['url']
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.text)

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Parks Board. (2023). Coastal and Marine Habitat Map of Singapore 2018 (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 30, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_18bcfe0a1b8c77f9b4493cef72ffd717/view

About this dataset

Contact

kellie_tan@nparks.gov.sg

Created on

31 Jul 2023

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

NPARKS (National Parks Board)