Open Data Attributions and Copyright Notice
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Open Data Attributions and Copyright Notice
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| Data Source | Data Link | Description, Attribution and Licence |
|---|---|---|
| DEFRA Hydrology API | https://environment.data.gov.uk/hydrology/doc/reference | The Hydrology API provides access to historic and recent hydrological data including river flows, river levels, groundwater levels, rainfall and water quality collected by the UK Environment Agency. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| SEPA Hydrology API | SEPA Time series data service (API) | Scottish Environment Protection Agency | SEPA | The Hydrology API provides access to historic and recent hydrological data including river flows, river levels, groundwater levels, rainfall and water quality collected by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| UKCEH NAFRA API | https://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/content/nrfa-api | API provides access to NRFA river flow data and metadata. Services is published by UKCEH. Terms and condition of use / licence is available here: https://nrfaapps.ceh.ac.uk/nrfa/nrfa-api.html#terms-and-conditions-of-use |
| Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea) - Flood Zone 3 and 2 | Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea) - Flood Zone 3 (data.gov.uk) Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea) - Flood Zone 2 (data.gov.uk) | Flood Map for Planning dataset. Provided by the Environment Agency as best estimate of the areas of land at risk of flooding, when the presence of flood defences are ignored. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Recorded Flood Outlines | Recorded Flood Outlines (data.gov.uk) | Environment Agency dataset. Recorded Flood Outlines is a GIS layer which shows all Environment Agency records of historic flooding from rivers, the sea, groundwater and surface water. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Statutory Main River Map | Statutory Main River Map (data.gov.uk) | Statutory Main Rivers Map is a spatial (polyline) dataset that defines statutory watercourses in England designated as Main Rivers by the Environment Agency. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Risk of Flooding from Surface Water Extent. 3.3% AEP 1.0% AEP 0.1% AEP | Risk of Flooding from Surface Water Extent: 3.3 percent annual chance (data.gov.uk) Risk of Flooding from Surface Water Extent: 1 percent annual chance (data.gov.uk) Risk of Flooding from Surface Water Extent: 0.1 percent annual chance (data.gov.uk) | Environment Agency GIS layers showing the extent of flooding from surface water that could result from a flood. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Reduction in Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea due to Defences | Reduction in Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea due to Defences (data.gov.uk) | Environment Agency dataset. Reduction in Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea due to Defences is a spatial dataset that indicates where areas have reduced flood risk from rivers and sea due to the presence of flood defences. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Flood Warning Areas | Flood Warning Areas (data.gov.uk) | Environment Agency dataset. This record is for Approval for Access product AfA054 Flood Warning Areas. These are geographical areas where we expect flooding to occur and where we provide a Flood Warning Service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Hydrometric Monitoring Points | Hydrometric Monitoring Points (data.gov.uk) | Environment Agency dataset. This record is for Approval for Access product AfA216. This dataset shows the (approximate) location of all current sites used for monitoring water quantity, including groundwater, rivers, lakes, estuaries and rainfall. Precise locations are not provided in this dataset. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM) 2m | LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM) 2m (data.gov.uk) | Environment Agency dataset. The LIDAR Composite DTM (Digital Terrain Model) is a raster elevation model covering ~99% of England at 2m spatial resolution. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Spatial Flood Defences (standardised attributes) | AIMS Spatial Flood Defences (inc. standardised attributes) (data.gov.uk) | Environment Agency dataset. This record is for Approval for Access product AfA345. The Environment Agency's (EA) Spatial Flood defences layer is the only comprehensive and up-to-date dataset in England that shows flood defences currently owned, managed or inspected by the EA. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| BGS Geology 50K | BGS Geology 50K WMS - British Geological Survey | The 1:50 000-scale geological maps for England, Wales and Scotland. Published by the British Geological Survey (BGS). Terms of use available on BGS website. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Flood Map | Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones 2 and 3 | DataMapWales (gov.wales) | The Flood Zones within the FMfP (Flood Map for Planning) shows the undefended risk of flooding from Rivers, the Sea and from Surface Water & Small Watercourses across Wales. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and database right. All rights reserved. Some features of this information are based on digital spatial data licensed from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology © UKCEH. Defra, Met Office and DARD Rivers Agency © Crown copyright. © Cranfield University. © James Hutton Institute. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Scottish LiDAR | https://remotesensingdata.gov.scot/data#/list | The Scottish Public Sector LiDAR datasets. The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Crown copyright Scottish Government, SEPA and Scottish Water. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Welsh Government LiDAR | LiDAR viewer | DataMapWales (gov.wales) | Various LiDAR datasets for Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Environment Agency Climate Change allowances | https://environment.data.gov.uk/hydrology/climate-change-allowances/river-flow | © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2023) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ This map also contains information generated by UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology using UK Climate projections |
| OpenStreetMap | https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright | Contains information from OpenStreetMap https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL) https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ |
| Other data sources | ||
| Bing Mapping | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/maps/licensing | © Microsoft 2024 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/maps/product |
| Ordnance Survey | https://osdatahub.os.uk/ | Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. Where Code-Point Open data is used also contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2024 and contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2024 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Fathom | Fathom API | API published by Fathom and provides access to data for Fathom users. Support via info@fathom.global |
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