Locality Centroids

National Records of Scotland (NRS) create and maintain digital locality boundaries to support the creation of statistics for geographies that generally describe the urban areas of Scotland. Localities have a minimum rounded population of 500 people or more and generally correspond with the more recognisable towns and cities of Scotland. This dataset represents the population weighted centroids for each locality. Current Locality geographies are reflective of mid-2016 populations, having been created using an amended version of postcodes from the Scottish Postcode Directory (SPD) 2016, release 2. Older versions of Settlements and Localities geographies are available from the NRS website.
 
Citation proposal
. Locality Centroids. National Records of Scotland https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f9f74b83-734d-40de-a6c4-e148a6a1d5f9

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Date ( Creation )
2003-02-13T09:30:00
Date ( Revision )
2018-03-12T09:30:00
Identifier
www.nrscotland.gov.uk / NRS_LocalityBdry

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Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Statistical units
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The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Contains NRS data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year), contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Boundaries
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Geographic identifier
GB-SCT

 

Date ( Publication )
2007-12-13

Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.4
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  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

  • WMS (1.3.0 )

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Locality Centroids  

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Locality_Centroids  

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Locality Centroids  

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National Records of Scotland website  

Geography – Settlements and Localities

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dataset Dataset
Statement

National Records of Scotland (NRS) create centroids for each Locality by calculating the mean centre of postcode grid references contained within a locality, weighted by population.

The current Locality geographies (2016) have been created using an amended version of the Scottish Postcode Directory 2016 release 2 boundaries. An ad-hoc amend was required on postcodes on the boundary of the previous 2012 set of Settlements and Localities to remove any excess land, and to ensure that postcodes on the outskirts of the Settlements and Localities contained all the address content.

NRS create Settlements in conjunction with the Localities geography, normally every two years. Settlement and Locality boundaries are co-incidental, however, large settlements can be subdivided into two or more localities. For further details on Settlements and Localities, and the methodology, please see the background explanatory note at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/settlements-localities/set-loc-16/settlements-localities-background-info.pdf. Changes to the methodology and publication are consulted on through the Population and Migration Statistics Committee.

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File identifier
f9f74b83-734d-40de-a6c4-e148a6a1d5f9   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-12-27
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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