FAQs
Datasets
- ★ OS MasterMap Water Network - Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA)
- ★ How do I preview the Web Mapping Services (WMS) for Risk of Flooding from Reservoirs datasets?
- Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions - clarification of units
- Association of Drainage Authorities: Administrative Boundaries - Internal Drainage Districts in England
- Bathing Waters Explorer - Why are some days blank on the scatter diagrams?
- What is the delay between taking a sea water sample and the reporting on the Bathing Waters Explorer
Using the Data Services Platform
- ★ Issues accessing spatial datasets
- ★ Why do I get a error message when loading WMS or WFS data?
- DSP update on inactive users
- Understanding the Metadata dates displayed for datasets on the DEFRA Data Services Platform & data.gov.uk:
- Changes to visibility of restricted spatial data to contractor users.
- Why was my account made inactive and how can I reactivate it?
Using the Forum
Learn About Linked Data
- An Introduction to Linked Data
- What is Linked Data - Podcast
- The benefits of publishing data as Linked Data
- How to use PublishMyData to get Linked Data
- Introduction to using SPARQL
- Bitesize: What Linked Data looks like technically
Survey Data Catalogue
- ★ Lidar data - ASCII to GeoTiffs
- What is the point density considered in your LiDAR Programme?
- Where can I get Scottish LIDAR data?
- Where can I view the Lidar data?
- Where can I get metadata for the Lidar data?
- How can I access the 19/20 LIDAR capture programme?
Public Registers Online
- ★ Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers widget
- How do I access the Public Register Online (PRO)?
- Why is the telephone number not displayed?
- I have a query about a licence/permit where do i send it?
- I am unable to search by EWC waste code
- I am unable to find a permit/registration due to postcode not being found
Accessibility
Rural Payments Agency Land Parcels
- How do i access the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) Land Parcels data?
- How soon will my land change made using an RLE1 form be available for download or access as a web feature service?
- What if the data looks wrong or I can’t see my fields, land covers or hedges in the preview?
- What is a Map REST Service?
- How do I find my Single Business Identifier (SBI)?
Risk of Flooding from Surface Water
- ★ June 2021 update of Risk of Flooding from Surface Water is now available.
- Risk of Flooding from Surface Water - dataset explained
- How do I download the Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (ROFSW)
- Can I Download Large Areas Of Risk of Flooding from Surface Water Data?
- ROFSW - Why can't the maps be used at property level?
- Why is the ROFSW shapefile download different to what can be viewed on the “gov.uk” site?
Ecology and Fish Data
Check for Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (SgZ) and Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ)
Data Licensing
Catchment Data Explorer (CDE)
Data Publishers
Rainfall Data
Water Quality Archive
- How to i download the Water Quality Archive in CSV (excel) format?
- Water Quality Archive - How do i find out what method(s) were used for each determinand?
- Water Quality Archive - Can i get a listing for location of every water sampling site, or a shapefile of these sites?
- Water Quality Archive - Wild swimming
- How do I access the Water Quality Archive (WQA)?
- Water Quality Archive - daily updates
River Flow Data
- Why are there sometime differences between dipped and telemetered data at the same site?
- What is borehole depth?
- River Flow data explained - What does mBDAT mean?
- River flow data explained - What does mAOD mean?
- What is the difference between dipped, logged and telemetered groundwater data?
- How can i download the River Flow Data?
Coastal Flood Boundaries
- Coastal Flood Boundaries - additional help and further information
- Where can I access the Coastal Flood Boundaries data and guidance documents?
- How is sea level rise accounted for in the CFB?
- I am concerned about the large differences in values in some locations and the effects on my project.
- Levels have fallen in my area of interest since the previous CFB update. How can this be when sea levels are known to be rising?
- What has changed in CFB 2018?
INSPIRE Guidance and Tools
- 1. Getting Started
- 2. Data Sharing Operational Guidance
- 3. Network Services
- 3.1.1. Metadata Standard
- 3.1.2. UK Location Metadata Editor
- 3.1.3. UK GEMINI Metadata Standard Technical Guidance