Identification
Title
Ceremonial County boundaries of England
Abstract
Polygon dataset showing each current English County as definied by the Lord Lieutenancies Act 1997. Boundaries are mostly based on OS Boundaryline. This data is released under Ordnance Survey Open Data Licence http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/licensing/using-creating-data-with-os-products/os-opendata.html
Resource type
dataset
Resource locator
http://maps.communities.gov.uk/geoserver/dclg_inspire/wms?service=WMS&request=getCapabilities
name:
DCLG INSPIRE OGC WMS Service
function:
information
http://maps.communities.gov.uk/geoserver/dclg_inspire/ows?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=dclg_inspire:English%20Ceremonial%20Counties&outputFormat=shape-zip&srsName=EPSG:4326
name:
Geoserver shapefile download service
function:
download
http://maps.communities.gov.uk/geoserver/dclg_inspire/ows?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&type
name:
DCLG INSPIRE OGC WFS Service
function:
download
Unique resource identifier
code
DCLG:0004
codeSpace
unknown
Dataset language
eng
Spatial reference system
code identifying the spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326
Classification of spatial data and services
Topic category
boundaries
Keywords
Keyword set
keyword value
administration
originating controlled vocabulary
title
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4reference date
date type
revision
effective date
2010-01-13
Keyword set
keyword value
Administrative units
originating controlled vocabulary
title
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0reference date
date type
publication
effective date
2008-06-01
Keyword set
keyword value
Boundaries
County
Geographic location
West bounding longitude
-5.71709
East bounding longitude
1.76896
North bounding latitude
55.8117
South bounding latitude
49.9554
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Begin position
End position
Dataset reference date
date type
creation
effective date
2014-04-01
date type
revision
effective date
2016-01-19
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Quality and validity
Lineage
The data shows polygons that have been created by aggregating polygons from OS Boundaryline products.
Conformity
Data format
name of format
ArcGIS *.shp
version of format
10.1
Constraints related to access and use
Constraint set
Limitations on public access
Ordnance Survey Open Data Licence
Constraint set
Use constraints
Responsible organisations
Responsible party
contact position
Strategic Geographer
organisation name
Dept for Communities and Local Govt
full postal address
Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
UK
telephone number
03034440000
email address
gis@communities.gsi.gov.uk
responsible party role
publisher
Metadata on metadata
Metadata point of contact
contact position
Strategic Geographer
organisation name
Dept for Communities and Local Govt
full postal address
Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
UK
telephone number
03034441534
email address
gis@communities.gsi.gov.uk
responsible party role
pointOfContact
Metadata date
2016-01-19T12:17:18
Metadata language
eng