Key Dataset Description - Address-Point

Guide to Key Dataset Description

Title ADDRESS-POINT
Alternate Title None
Originator Ordnance Survey (Great Britain)
Abstract Addresses in Royal Mail's Postcode
Address File (PAF) located using national grid coordinates from Ordnance Survey (Great
Britain)
Start Date of Capture 1991
End Date of Capture Ongoing
Frequency of Update 6 monthly
Resource Type Digital format
Access Constraints None - contact Ordnance Survey (Great Britain).
Keywords Topographic
Postal address
Geographic extent Great Britain
System of Spatial Referencing by Coordinates National grid: Ordnance Survey (Great Britain).
System of Spatial Referencing by Description National grid: Ordnance Survey (Great Britain).
Descriptive name for geographic extent Great Britain
Level of Spatial Detail Coordinate resolution: 0.1m
Copyright No Ordnance Survey or Ordnance Survey based publication or other mapping or survey data may be reproduced, stored by electronic code or signal or in an electronic retrieval system, transmitted in any form, or viewed on a computer terminal, or be translated into another form or language without the prior written permission of Ordnance Survey (Great Britain).
Format/Media/On-line Ordering information National Transfer Format v2.0 level 2 (NTF).
Comma Delimited Files (CDF).
PAF Extension files.
Additional Information

ADDRESS-POINT contains approximately 25 million postal addresses. To obtain sample data, see below. OS Products and Services Catalogue 1999.

Dataset Association COMPAS (for Northern Ireland addresses)
Contact Name or Title Customer Services - Digital Help Desk.
Contact Address Ordnance Survey
Romsey Road
Contact City SOUTHAMPTON
Contact Country England
Contact Postcode SO16 4GU
Contact Phone no +44 (0) 23 8079 2773
Contact Fax no +44 (0) 23 8079 2324
Contact email address custinfo@ordsvy.gov.uk
Contact web site address www.ordsvy.gov.uk

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