Identification

Title

Settlement Centroids

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

National Records of Scotland (NRS) create and maintain digital settlement geographies to support the creation of statistics for areas that generally describe the urban or built up areas of Scotland. NRS define a settlement as a collection of contiguous high density postcodes, bounded by low density postcodes (or water), with a population of 500 or more. This dataset represents the population weighted centroids for each settlement. Current Settlement geographies are reflective of mid-2016 populations, having been created using an amended version of postcodes from the Scottish Postcode Directory (SPD) 2016, release 2. Older versions of Settlements and Localities geographies are available from the NRS website.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://sedsh127.sedsh.gov.uk/arcgis/services/NRS/NRS/MapServer/WMSServer?

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: Settlement Centroids

description: OGC View Service

function: information

http://sedsh127.sedsh.gov.uk/arcgis/services/NRS/NRS/MapServer/WFSServer?

protocol: OGC:WFS

name: NRS:Settlement_Centroids

description: Settlement_Centroids

function: download

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//geography/dataset/settlements2016centroids.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: Settlement Centroids 2016

description: ESRI Shapefile Download

function: download

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography/our-products/settlements-and-localities-dataset

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: National Records of Scotland website

description: Geography – Settlements and Localities

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

NRS_SettlementBdry

codeSpace

www.nrscotland.gov.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Statistical units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.80

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2003-02-13T09:30:00

date type

revision

effective date

2018-03-12T09:30:00

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

National Records of Scotland (NRS) create centroids for each Settlement by calculating the mean centre of postcode grid references contained within a settlement, weighted by population. The current Settlement geographies (2016) have been created using an amended version of the Scottish Postcode Directory 2016 release 2 boundaries. An ad-hoc amend was required on postcodes on the boundary of the previous 2012 set of Settlements and Localities to remove any excess land, and to ensure that postcodes on the outskirts of the Settlements and Localities contained all the address content. NRS create Settlements in conjunction with the Localities geography, normally every two years. Settlement and Locality boundaries are co-incidental, however, large settlements can be subdivided into two or more localities. For further details on Settlements and Localities, and the methodology, please see the background explanatory note at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/settlements-localities/set-loc-16/settlements-localities-background-info.pdf. Changes to the methodology and publication are consulted on through the Population and Migration Statistics Committee.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The following statements must be used when reproducing or using this material: Copyright National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geography Branch

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

Ladywell House, Ladywell Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7TF

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geography Branch

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

Ladywell House, Ladywell Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7TF

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-08-06T13:41:06

Metadata language

eng