FAQs
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)?
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
Using the Data Services Platform
- ★ 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.
- ★ How do I track my data order?
- ★ Issues accessing spatial datasets
- ★ Why do I get a error message when loading WMS or WFS data?
- Why was my account made inactive and how can I reactivate it?
Using the Forum
- ★ What new datasets have been released or updated?
- Can i report an Environmental Incident using the forum?
- How do i know when a new dataset is added or updated?
- 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?
Data Publishers
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
- ★ New - 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
Rainfall Data
Water Quality Archive
- ★ Water Quality Archive - Wild swimming
- 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?
- How do I access the Water Quality Archive (WQA)?
- Water Quality Archive - daily updates
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?
Catchment Data Explorer (CDE)
Risk of Flooding from Surface Water
- ROFSW - Why cant the maps be used at property level?
- Why is the ROFSW shapefile download different to what can be viewed on the “gov.uk” site?
- 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?
Datasets
- ★ How do I preview the Web Mapping Services (WMS) for Risk of Flooding from Reservoirs datasets?
- Do the EA provide historic flood warning data by postcode/coordinates?
- Recorded Flood Outlines - dates of flood events
- Fish data explorer - Why cant I see the map?
- Why aren't all the datasets available to download?
- How can I get a copy of the National Receptors Dataset (NRD)?
Data Licensing
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?