Identification

Title

OS Towns data

Abstract

Available for England, Scotland and Wales in a number of Ordnance Survey (OS) products: Open Names (bounding box and point geometry), MasterMap Topography Layer (point geometry), Vector Map Local (point geometry) and Vector Map District (point geometry). Small-scale cartographic representations are also available.  All data is collected by Ordnance Survey as part of their role as the National Mapping Agency of Great Britain. This data is often used for geocoding, navigation, service delivery and statistical analysis. Keywords: Towns, Settlements, Geographical Names, Place Names

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/os-open-names.html

name: OS Open Names product description

function: information

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html

name: OS Open Names ordering page

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

OS Towns data

codeSpace

os.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

location

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geographic Names

Settlement

Town

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.45

East bounding longitude

1.78

North bounding latitude

60.86

South bounding latitude

49.86

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2019-01-28

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Capture and Maintenance information

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018

degree

true

explanation

OS Towns data conforms to the OS Open Names product specification.

Data format

name of format

GML

version of format

3.2.1

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Use constraints

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Office

organisation name

Ordnance Survey, GB

full postal address

Explorer House, Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO16 0AS

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 3456 050505

email address

os.data@os.uk

web address

https://os.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Office

organisation name

Ordnance Survey, GB

full postal address

Explorer House, Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO16 0AS

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)3456 050505

email address

customerservices@os.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-03-05T11:43:31

Metadata language