Identification

Title

Code-Point with polygons

Abstract

Code-Point® with polygons shows the notional shape of every postcode unit in Great Britain, and includes major buildings with multiple postcodes. For compelling visuals, Code-Point with polygons lets you apply shading to individual postcodes on a map. This means you can analyse location data at the most granular level and bring your results vividly to life. We give you every single postcode in Great Britain and Northern Ireland – including those for different floors of high-rise buildings. For accuracy, we give every postcode a positional quality rating and map out the boundaries of only the postcodes we can locate most precisely. Code-Point® with polygons contains postcode boundaries for Great Britain. These show the extent of each postcode unit, enabling you to analyse information by postcode. Ideal for activities such as sales targeting or market profiling, as well as any statistical work. Includes notional polygons; vertical streets data; postcode units; eastings and northings; NHS® health authority codes; administrative codes; PO box indicator; and types of delivery points.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://os.uk/business-government/products/code-point-polygons

name: Product description

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

Code-Point with Polygons

codeSpace

https://os.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

location

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Postcode

Polygon

Boundaries

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.655

East bounding longitude

1.79

North bounding latitude

60.85

South bounding latitude

49.90

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Great Britain

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Northern Ireland

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1959

End position

2020-09-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-07-16

date type

revision

effective date

2020-10-15

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Ordnance Survey adds National Grid coordinates to the PAF address records for Great Britain, mainly to 0.1 m resolution. A process is undertaken to create a set of polygons around individual postcodes. This is called a Thiessen process and the polygons are the result of a mathematical computation that creates polygons from point data.to create Code-Point polygons

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Code-Point with Polygons is not a compliant INSPIRE Address dataset

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-07-16

degree

true

explanation

Conforms to OS specification

Data format

name of format

Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Customer Services

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO160AS

United Kingdon

telephone number

0345 757535

email address

customerservices@os.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

OS Data

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO160AS

United Kingdom

telephone number

0345757535

email address

customerservices@os.uk

web address

https://os.uk/contact-us

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-01-25T14:54:03

Metadata language