FAQs
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
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)?
Data Publishers
Using the Data Services Platform
- ★ Changes to visibility of restricted spatial data to contractor users.
- ★ Why was my account made inactive and how can I reactivate it?
- ★ How do I track my data order?
- ★ 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)
Using the Forum
- ★ How do i know when a new dataset is added or updated?
- How do i report an Environmental Incident?
- How do I submit a Freedom of Information or Subject Access Request?
- How do I register for the forum?
- How do I follow a post or announcement?
- How do I provide feedback or report an issue?
Rainfall Data
Survey Data Catalogue
- ★ Lidar data - ASCII to GeoTiffs
- 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?
- Where do you have data/ what is the data coverage for your products?
Public Registers Online
- 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 search Water Quality exemptions by name
- I am unable to find a permit/registration due to postcode not being found
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?
Catchment Data Explorer (CDE)
Risk of Flooding from Surface Water
- Is climate change scenario included in RoFSW map?
- Risk of Flooding from Surface Water - dataset explained
- Can I Download Large Areas Of Risk of Flooding from Surface Water Data?
- What is the difference between RoFSW and uFMfSW?
- How do I download the Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (ROFSW)
- What is the Risk of Flooding from Surface Water?
River Flow Data
- Can I automate a download for multiple sites?
- Can I download the River Flow 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
- ★ Water Quality Archive - Wild swimming
- Fish data explorer - Why cant I see the map?
- How do I access the Water Quality Archive (WQA)?
- Why aren't all the datasets available to download?
- Water Quality Archive - daily updates
- How can I get a copy of the National Receptors Dataset (NRD)?