Key
Dataset Description -
Postcode
Boundaries
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Key
Dataset Description -
Postcode
Boundaries
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Guide to Key Dataset Description
| Title | POSTCODE BOUNDARIES |
| Alternate Title | - |
| Originator | General Register Office for Scotland (GRO(Scotland)) |
| Abstract | Digitised boundaries of live small user postoces within Scotland originally captured in order to identify neighbouring postcodes in the creation of Output Areas for the 1991 Census in Scotland. Since the Census, the postcode boundaries have been maintained to take account of additional, amended and deleted postcodes and are used in a variety of demographic applications including preparations for the 2001 Census. |
| Start Date of Capture | 1989. |
| End Date of Capture | Ongoing. |
| Frequency of Update | Daily; customer versions prepared twice a year. |
| Resource Type | Computer dataset. |
| Access Constraints | None - contact GRO(S). |
| Keywords | Postcode Boundary Cartographic |
| Geographic extent | Scotland |
| System of Spatial Referencing by Coordinates | Ordnance Survey National Grid. |
| System of Spatial Referencing by Description | Postcode hierarchy: area, district, sector, unit. |
| Descriptive name for geographic extent | Scotland |
| Level of Spatial Detail | Postcode unit.Copyright subsists in this product which can only be used by or for a person or organisation who has bought the product from GRO(S) or an authorised agent. |
| Copyright | Copyright subsists in this product which can only be used by or for a person or organisation who has bought the product from GRO(S) or an authorised agent. |
| Format/Media/On-line Ordering information | Standard Genamap export formats. Available on 1.4 mb diskette or CD ROM. Other formats may be available on request. Further details are available from GRO(S) technical contact point +44 (0) 131 314 4287. |
| Additional Information |
See GRO(S) Prospectus 'Postcode Based Geography Products'. |
| Dataset Association |
GRO(S): Postcode index matched on live small user postcodes. |
| Contact Name or Title | P Jamieson,
Customer Services |
| Contact Address | Ladywell
House, Ladywell Road |
| Contact City | EDINBURGH |
| Contact Country | Scotland |
| Contact Postcode | EH127 7TF |
| Contact Phone no | +44 (0) 131 314 4254 |
| Contact Fax no | +44 (0) 131 314 4344 |
| Contact email address | peter.jamieson@gro-scotland.gov.uk |
| Contact web site address | www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm |