National Gazetteer (for Scotland)
Encyclopedia
The National Gazetteer (for Scotland) has been created by all 32 Local Authorities in Scotland
who have each complied a local gazetteer
for their administrative area to common standards and specification. This is almost a unique example of working by consensus to achieve a common goal.
As Local Authorities have statutory obligations in regard to planning, building control and street naming and numbering in Scotland, they are the source of definitive address information and also the source of any change element about land or property.
The National Gazetteer was compiled by Forth Valley GIS and renamed "One Scotland Gazetteer".
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
who have each complied a local gazetteer
Gazetteer
A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory, an important reference for information about places and place names , used in conjunction with a map or a full atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup of a country, region, or continent as well as the social...
for their administrative area to common standards and specification. This is almost a unique example of working by consensus to achieve a common goal.
As Local Authorities have statutory obligations in regard to planning, building control and street naming and numbering in Scotland, they are the source of definitive address information and also the source of any change element about land or property.
The National Gazetteer was compiled by Forth Valley GIS and renamed "One Scotland Gazetteer".
External links
- http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/one-scotland-gazetteer/
- http://www.forthvalleygis.co.uk/news/one-scotland-gazetteer-goes-live.html
- http://www.onescotlandgazetteer.org.uk/