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Census 2022 – Locality Centroids
Locality grid references are created and maintained by National Records of Scotland (NRS).
Grid references are calculated based on the population of the Postcodes within the locality, while ensuring that the centroid is located inside the boundary.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2024-05-21T09:30:00
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2024-05-21T09:30:00
- Identifier
- www.nrscotland.gov.uk / NRS_CenLocCent
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Statistical units
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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urban settlement
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IPSV Subjects List
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Boundaries
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Urban communities
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations to public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Other constraints
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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).
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 10000
- Topic category
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- Boundaries
- Code
- S92000003
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Code
- EPSG:4258
- Code
- EPSG:27700
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version WMS
1.3.0
WFS
2.0.0
ESRI Shapefile
1.0
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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Protocol Resource Locator Name OGC:WMS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/Census2022/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS LocalityCent2022
OGC:WFS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/Census2022/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS CEN2022:LocalityCent2022
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography/our-products/census-datasets National Records of Scotland website
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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This dataset provides median population weighted centroids for the Census 2022 Localities.
Localities correspond to the more recognisable towns and cities of Scotland which can be found within settlements. They also have a minimum rounded population of 500 people or more. .
Each population weighted centroid was calculated using a median centroid algorithm, the result of which is less influenced by outliers than the result of an algorithm to calculate the mean centroid. The process for creating Census 2022 Localities centroids was automated using ESRI ArcGIS, but the general method is as follows. The median easting and northing coordinate pair for all Census 2022 frozen Postcodes within the Locality is calculated, giving a notional centroid of the Locality. The distance from each of the Postcode centroids to the notional (or median) centroid is calculated using Pythagoras' Theorem. The Postcode coordinate pair with the shortest distance to the median was then chosen to represent the centroid of the Locality.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9acf8405-1cf3-4670-ae66-c86d8e130eb2 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-05-17T14:02:30
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Organisation name
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National Records of Scotland
- Position name
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Geography Branch
- Delivery point
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General Register House, 2 Princes Street
- City
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Edinburgh
- Administrative area
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Scotland
- Postal code
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EH1 3YY
- Country
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United Kingdom
- Electronic mail address
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geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
- Role
- Point of contact