FAQs
Rural Payments Agency Land Parcels
Using the Data Services Platform
- ★ Issues accessing spatial datasets
- ★ Why do I get a error message when loading WMS or WFS data?
- ★ How to draw your own Area of Interest (AOI)
- ★ Data Services Platform user guide
- Who can register on the Data Services Platform?
- When viewing a WMS in MapInfo, why can’t I view the polygon info?
Using the Forum
Rainfall Data
Survey Data Catalogue
- When will the 19/20 LIDAR capture programme be available?
- What Lidar coverage is available in each square?
- What survey data do you hold?
- In what format is the Lidar data available?
- How do I download Lidar data?
- When/where will you be surveying LIDAR data?
Public Registers Online
Coastal Flood Boundaries
- Where can I get help and further information?
- Where can I access the 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?
Risk of Flooding from Surface Water
River Flow Data
- Can I automate a download for multiple sites?
- Can I download the data?
- Will you be adding other types of data in the future?
- Why does the website use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) rather than British Summer Time (BST)?
- Why are metric measurements used rather than imperial measurements?
- Are you able to show the duration and frequency (return periods) for each site?
Datasets
- Why aren't all the datasets available to download?
- How can I get a copy of the National Receptors Dataset (NRD)?
- How do I download Asset Management Data and Information as CSV?
- Historic Flood Warnings
- The Catchment Data Explorer
- Historic Landfill Sites - Quarterly Summary