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Locality Centroids - Scotland
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.
Further details on settlements and localities, including the methodology, can be found in the Special Area Population Estimates: Settlements and Localities section of the NRS website.
Default
Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2003-02-13T09:30:00
- Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
- 2022-03-31T09:30:00
- Identifier
- www.nrscotland.gov.uk / NRS_LocalityBdry
- 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/NRS/MapServer/WMSServer? LocalityCentroids
OGC:WFS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/NRS/MapServer/WFSServer? NRS:LocalityCentroids
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//geography/dataset/Localities2020centroids.zip Localities Centroids 2020
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography/our-products/settlements-and-localities-dataset 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 2020 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. Further details on settlements and localities, including the methodology, can be found in the Special Area Population Estimates: Settlements and Localities section of the NRS website. Changes to the methodology and publication are consulted on through the Population and Migration Statistics Committee.
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 Settlements / Localities 2020 centroids was automated using ESRI ArcGIS, but the general method is as follows. The median easting and northing coordinate pair for all 2020-2 postcodes within the Settlement / Locality is calculated, giving a notional centroid of the Settlement / 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 Settlement / Locality.
Metadata
- File identifier
- f9f74b83-734d-40de-a6c4-e148a6a1d5f9 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-07-11T12:10:36
- 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