Public Geodata for the UK - Revision history

Wiki-Jamestrimble: Added Office for National Statistics Open Geography Portal

2013-08-15T20:24:06Z

Added Office for National Statistics Open Geography Portal

Wiki-Tvrstone: Corrected webpage address

2013-06-20T10:40:24Z

Corrected webpage address

Jocook: Added information on Ordnance Survey open data

2011-08-26T11:33:40Z

Added information on Ordnance Survey open data

Wiki-Archaeology53 at 20:33, 6 April 2009

2009-04-06T20:33:27Z

Wiki-Archaeology53 at 18:50, 4 April 2009

2009-04-04T18:50:15Z

Wiki-Archaeology53 at 18:46, 4 April 2009

2009-04-04T18:46:30Z

Wiki-Archaeology53 at 18:44, 4 April 2009

2009-04-04T18:44:56Z

Wiki-Archaeology53 at 18:42, 4 April 2009

2009-04-04T18:42:28Z

Wiki-Archaeology53 at 15:27, 17 September 2008

2008-09-17T15:27:24Z

Wiki-Archaeology53 at 15:23, 17 September 2008

2008-09-17T15:23:25Z

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	BOUNDARY DATA		BOUNDARY DATA
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		+	Source – Office for National Statistics Open Geography Portal.
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		+	Data – Digital boundaries for UK administrative and statistical geographies.
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		+	Format - ESRI shapefile, MapInfo, KML and other formats.
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		+	Licence – http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/licences/index.html.
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		+	Cost – Free.
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		+	Comments –
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		+	Link - https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page
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	Source – Blue Marble Geographics.		Source – Blue Marble Geographics.

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	Comments – Some work required to convert these files into a more ‘regular' format.		Comments – Some work required to convert these files into a more ‘regular' format.

−	Link – http://www.smc.org.uk/ContourMaps.~~htm~~	+	Link – http://www.smc.org.uk/ContourMaps.php

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	The following links are to sources of geo-spatial data and is intended for the use of researchers who cannot afford to buy expensive datasets. Hence, all the datasets are either free or cost under £50.00. Whilst we have included low cost data, it is not our intention to advertise or support companies selling commercial data. Please note the specific licensing restrictions to the data, as specified. In general the data is for non-commercial use only. All data down-loaded and used from these sites are done so at the user's own risk. Some of this data may need to be re-projected to a different projection system or converted into a different format. Should you see a link to data which you think should not be included on this list please contact the Moderator immediately and please report any broken links to the Moderator. Please feel free to add a link to any legitimate geo-spatial data you feel our members may be interested in (using the standard format), all links will be checked by the Moderator (Bill Wilcox).		The following links are to sources of geo-spatial data and is intended for the use of researchers who cannot afford to buy expensive datasets. Hence, all the datasets are either free or cost under £50.00. Whilst we have included low cost data, it is not our intention to advertise or support companies selling commercial data. Please note the specific licensing restrictions to the data, as specified. In general the data is for non-commercial use only. All data down-loaded and used from these sites are done so at the user's own risk. Some of this data may need to be re-projected to a different projection system or converted into a different format. Should you see a link to data which you think should not be included on this list please contact the Moderator immediately and please report any broken links to the Moderator. Please feel free to add a link to any legitimate geo-spatial data you feel our members may be interested in (using the standard format), all links will be checked by the Moderator (Bill Wilcox).
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		+	ORDNANCE SURVEY OPEN DATA
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		+	Source - MiniScale®, 1:250 000 Scale Colour Raster, OS Street View®, Boundary-Line™, Code-Point Open®, 1:50 000 Scale Gazetteer, Strategi®, Meridian™ 2, OS Locator™, Land-Form PANORAMA®, OS VectorMap® District (vector), OS VectorMap® District (raster)
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		+	Formats - vary, ESRI shapefile and Mapinfo tab file for vector, CSV, Tiff for Raster
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		+	License - http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/docs/licences/os-opendata-licence.pdf
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		+	Cost - free
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		+	Comments - requires registration, or get from the cache at http://parlvid.mysociety.org:81/os/ without registering
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		+	Link - http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/os-opendata.html

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 Source – Geo Community.
-Data – Numerous (UK).
+Data – Numerous countries (including the UK).
-Format – various.
+Format – E00 and various others.
 Licence – See website.
-Cost – Small download charge.
+Cost – Free for slower downloads.
-Comments –
+Comments – registration required
 Link - http://www.geocomm.com/catalogue/uk/datalist.html

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 Licence - See website.
-Cost – 'No-charge'.
+Cost – Some image series are 'No-charge'.
 Comments – Large files, requires registration.

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 Cost – 'No-charge'.
-Comments – Large files.
+Comments – Large files, requires registration.
 Link - http://glovis.usgs.gov/

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	Comments – Large files.		Comments – Large files.

−	Link - http://~~www.~~glovis.usgs.gov/	+	Link - http://glovis.usgs.gov/

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	Link - http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/aerial_cd.htm		Link - http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/aerial_cd.htm
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		+	SATELLITE IMAGES
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		+	Source – U.S.Geological Survey (Earth Resources Observation & Science Center).
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		+	Data – Global Landsat MSS, TM & ETM+ images (including the UK).
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		+	Format – Tif images.
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		+	Licence - See website.
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		+	Cost – 'No-charge'.
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		+	Comments – Large files.
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		+	Link - http://www.glovis.usgs.gov/

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 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
-Source – Berkley University.
+Source – Berkeley University.
 Data – World Environmental data – min & max temperature, precipitation and altitude (including the UK).

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-Source – Berkley University.
+Source – Berkeley University.
 Data – World map boundaries (including the UK with county boundaries).
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 Link - http://www.openstreetmap.org
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 Link - http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/digitalmaps/data_625k.html
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 Link - http://www.magic.gov.uk/datadoc/summary.asp