Identification

Title

National Street Gazetteer

Alternative title(s)

NSG

Abstract

The NSG is the definitive reference dataset of streets within England and Wales used for street works, highways maintenance and traffic management. In line with British Standard 7666(2006) the NSG is regularly updated by all 174 highway authorities with Additional Street Data (ASD) such as road centre lines, ownership details, level of reinstatement required, height weight and width restrictions and direction of travel.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.thensg.org.uk/iansg/link.htm?nwid=82

description: Information and Download Resources

function: information

https://services.geoplace.co.uk/geoserver/wfs?version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities

protocol: WFS

description: WFS (INSPIRE Download service)

function: download

http://maps.geoplace.co.uk/geoserver/nsg/wms?version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

protocol: WMS

description: WMS (INSPIRE View service)

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

national_street_gazetteer

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

location

structure

transportation

utilitiesCommunication

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

gazetteer

street

road

mapping

map

planning

environment

highways management

utilities

street works

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.45409859966

East bounding longitude

2.07902

North bounding latitude

55.74485

South bounding latitude

49.85957

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1998

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1998-01-01

Frequency of update

monthly

Quality and validity

Lineage

NSG data is derived from local authority street gazetteers which in turn are sourced from a number of different sources of local change intelligence including (but not limited to) street naming and numbering, highways maintenance and planning.

Conformity

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

Use limitation

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

organisation name

GeoPlace LLP

full postal address

157-197 Buckingham Palace Road

London

SW1W 9SP

telephone number

020 7630 4600

facsimile number

020 7630 4601

email address

info@thensg.org.uk

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact