FAQs
Hydrology Open Data
- General - Definitions of the quality flags
- General - How often is the hydrometric data updated?
- General - What is the difference between checked and unchecked data?
- General - How can I download the Data?
- General - How accurate is the data?
- General - What is sub-daily data?
Datasets
- Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions - clarification of units
- OS MasterMap Water Network - Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA)
- 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
- Links to ESRI REST Endpoints now available on the DSP
Using the Data Services Platform
- ★ Data Services Platform user guide
- 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?
- How can I cancel or track my data order?
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
- How do I download multiple Lidar tiles at the same time?
- What is the point density considered in your LiDAR Programme?
- 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?
Public Registers Online
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- 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
Accessibility
Ecology and Fish Data
Reservoir Flood Maps
Flood Plan Explorer (FPE)
- What is the Flood Plan Explorer (FPE)?
- How do I use the Flood Plan Explorer (FPE)?
- The Flood Plan Explorer (FPE) is not working, what should I do?
- How do I use the map?
- Why can’t I see any measures listed on a page?
- Why can’t I see any measures on a map?
Risk of Flooding from Surface Water
- 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?
- Is climate change scenario included in RoFSW map?
- What is the difference between RoFSW and uFMfSW?
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)?
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
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
Met Office Observer Rainfall
- What is the Environment Agency’s storage rain gauge network?
- What is this data used for?
- Are we considering making this data open access?
- How can someone request this data
- How does this differ from rainfall data in hydrology open data (live and historic telemetry data)
- How does the storage rain gauge network differ from the EA automatic gauge network?