The National Land and Property Gazetteer

The National Street Gazetteer

The only BS7666 compliant database with complete national coverageThe only BS7666 compliant database with complete national coverage

The only national gazetteer based on data direct from local government, the source of The only national gazetteer based on data direct from local government, the source of all new addressesall new addresses

The most up to date source of new address data, with direct daily updatesThe most up to date source of new address data, with direct daily updates

With more links to more data than any other address gazetteerWith more links to more data than any other address gazetteer

The only national gazetteer underpinned by contractual obligations between data The only national gazetteer underpinned by contractual obligations between data supplier, data collator and data distributorsupplier, data collator and data distributor

The most potential for compiling, storing and stacking address dataThe most potential for compiling, storing and stacking address data

National Land and Property Gazetteer

• Coverage– All local authority areas in England and Wales– Identical authority based approach in Scotland

• Size– 28,430,623 BLPUs and 30,406,506 LPIs

• Contents– Based on smallest units of occupation / service delivery, flats, units, sub

floors– Includes postally addressed and non postally addressed properties– Includes alternative addresses and historical addresses– All records with grid co-ordinates

• Integrated with the National Street Gazetteer– Most up to date national gazetteer of all streets fed directly from street

naming and numbering and highway departments

The only BS7666 compliant database with complete national coverageThe only BS7666 compliant database with complete national coverage

The only national gazetteer based on data direct from local government, the The only national gazetteer based on data direct from local government, the source of all new addressessource of all new addresses

The most up to date source of new address data, with direct daily updatesThe most up to date source of new address data, with direct daily updates

With more links to more data than any other address gazetteerWith more links to more data than any other address gazetteer

The only national gazetteer underpinned by contractual obligations between data The only national gazetteer underpinned by contractual obligations between data supplier, data collator and data distributorsupplier, data collator and data distributor

The most potential for compiling, storing and stacking address dataThe most potential for compiling, storing and stacking address data

National Land and Property Gazetteer

• Dedicated hub team– Experienced BS7666 team, brought together specifically to create and

manage the NLPG on behalf of local government

• Supported by more than 1300 local government staff– Over 500 dedicated LLPG staff, over 300 street naming and numbering

officers, over 500 Highway Authority officers– Un-rivalled knowledge of local properties and address customs– Contractual obligations to NLPG

• Common standards and conventions– BS7666, NLPG conventions, rigorous central validation

• Properly created and maintained, nothing can beat a local land and property gazetteer:

– Ashford, Kent– Huntingdonshire

The only BS7666 compliant database with complete national coverageThe only BS7666 compliant database with complete national coverage

The only national gazetteer based on data direct from local government, the source of The only national gazetteer based on data direct from local government, the source of all new addressesall new addresses

The most up to date source of new address data, with direct daily updatesThe most up to date source of new address data, with direct daily updates

With more links to more data than any other address gazetteerWith more links to more data than any other address gazetteer

The only national gazetteer underpinned by contractual obligations between data The only national gazetteer underpinned by contractual obligations between data supplier, data collator and data distributorsupplier, data collator and data distributor

The most potential for compiling, storing and stacking address dataThe most potential for compiling, storing and stacking address data

National Land and Property Gazetteer

• NLPG purchased by 508 organisations under Mapping Services Agreement

– All Police Authorities in England and Wales– All Fire Services in England and Wales– All County Councils– All National Parks

• NLPG Hub available to all NLPG users to – Supply NLPG or requested extracts– Distribute change only updates on user specified timetable– Collect any data related questions and possible candidates from users of

NLPG– Co-ordinate resolution of questions by local custodians

• Most up to date and comprehensive street gazetteer for England and Wales

– Sourced directly from highway authorities with feed from street naming and numbering

• Increasing commitment to NSG since IA become custodians

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• Improvements made to NSG download– Data available on-line from an easy to use colour coded web site– Composite files provided for England, Wales and England and Wales

The National Street Gazetteer

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Discussing

•Best Practice for data entry in a LSG

•Core element data entry (ESU definition)

•DNF Compliance

•Attribution

•Compliance checking improvements

LSG Technical Working Party

Representatives from;

•Street Works Community

•Street Naming and Numbering

•Local Land and Property Gazetteer

•Transport for London

•Network Rail

Data quality improvements