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|  Gigateway is a free web service aimed at increasing
awareness of and access to geospatial information in
the UK. We offer
assistance and guidance on the collection of metadata
to national and international standards
and purpose built software,
all at no cost.
New
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Report on future technology
for a UK Metadata Service
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Creating a UK web-based service for discovery of
location-based data resources
This report looks at the issue of how a discovery metadata service for spatial
information might operate, and identifies some of the decisions that need to
be taken in order to set up such a service. It is intended to assist government,
including the Department for Communities and Local Government to
determine the way ahead with this |
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Quick
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Gigateway Services |
UK
GEMINI Standard
Download UK GEMINI documentation and
accompanying guidelines |
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The Data
Locator, our metadata search engine,
allows you to discover what geographic datasets
exist in the UK, who creates and owns them, and
how to obtain the data itself. |
UK
GEMINI schema
Download the official UK GEMINI schema
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The Data
Directory is our online database of
organisations who supply geographic data, and/or
data products and services in the UK. |
Metadata
Quality Review
See how we're improving the quality of metadata
on Gigateway |
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The Area
Search allows you to discover administrative
information for a specific area by entering a
postcode. This information is provided by the
Office for National Statistics. |
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