AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Scottish School Roll and Locations

Information about Scottish schools are updated by the Scottish Government annually for the purposes of monitoring overall performance, equality and individual policies.  This dataset provides the current geocoded location, contact address, roll numbers, teacher numbers, denomination, and proportion of pupils from minority and ethnic groups for each primary, secondary and special school in Scotland.  Until 2019, these updates were reflective of the previous September.  The SG School Roll 2023 is reflective of the July 2023 schools locations data (published 25th September 2023) and July 2023 school roll, FTE teachers, proportion minority background, and proportion 20% most deprived data (published 19th March 2024).

Tags: Schools, Utility and governmental services
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Urban Rural Classification - Scotland

The Scottish Government (SG) Urban Rural Classification provides a consistent way of defining urban and rural areas across Scotland. The classification aids policy development and the understanding of issues facing urban, rural and remote communities. It is based upon two main criteria:

(i) population as defined by National Records of Scotland (NRS), and
(ii) accessibility based on drive time analysis to differentiate between accessible and remote areas in Scotland.

The classification can be analysed in a two, three, six or eight fold form. The two-fold classification simply distinguishes between urban and rural areas through two categories, urban and rural, while the three-fold classification splits the rural category between accessible and remote. Most commonly used is the 6-fold classification which distinguishes between urban, rural, and remote areas through six categories. The 8-fold classification further distinguishes between remote and very remote regions. The Classification is normally updated on a biennial basis, with the current dataset reflective of Census Day 2022. Data for previous versions are available for download in ESRI Shapefile format.

Tags: Population distribution — demography, Rural communities, Urban communities, rural area, urban area
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Railway (all railway sources) - LAeq16h

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for all railway traffic noise in Scotland (both major and non-major sources) in 2021. The data represents the 16-hour daytime level (LAeq,16h) - the A-weighted equivalent continuous sound level over a 16-hour time period (07:00-23:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Industry - LDAY

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for industry noise within agglomerations in 2021. The data represents the daytime levels (Lday) - the annual average A-weighted long-term sound over the daytime period (07:00-19:00). Qualifying agglomerations are urban areas with populations in excess of 100,000 people, i.e. Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Falkirk and Glasgow. 

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Railway (major railway sources) - LNIGHT

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for major railway traffic noise in Scotland in 2021. Major railways are defined as those with more than 30,000 train passages per year. The data represents the night levels (Lnight) – the annual average A-weighted long-term sound over the night period (23:00-07:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Road (major road sources) - LEVE

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for major road traffic noise in Scotland in 2021. Major roads are defined as those with more than 3,000,000 vehicle passages per year. The data represents the evening levels (Leve) – the annual average A-weighted long-term sound over the evening period (19:00-23:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Local Ward Health Comparison for Cambridgeshire

<p>Local Health contains data produced by Public Health England. A full list and definition of the indicators is found in the pdf. The excel sheet contains an average or sum value for all in Cambridgeshire, this is then compared to the national average or sum (depending on indicator).</p>
<p>The Local Health website and data was last updated February 2015.</p>


Tags: Health and wellbeing
Organization: Cambridgeshire Insight
Scottish Ferry Routes

This dataset represents passenger and vehicle ferry services in Scotland. These are the routes for the start and end terminals in the Scottish Ferry Ports dataset. It was initially created for use within the development of the Scottish Government's Urban Rural Classification. Both subsidised and private routes are included, as well as the seasonality of the route and whether it can take vehicle or foot passengers only.  Ferry routes and attributes are based upon route information obtained from Traveline data (four quarters of 2021) aggregated from operators (e.g. Caledonian MacBrayne, NorthLink Ferries, etc.), with additional information from SG Operational Ferries Policy team.

Tags: Ferries, Ports and harbours, Transport networks
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Scottish Police Divisions

The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 dissolved the eight former police and fire areas in to a single service for all of Scotland.  Following from this, Police Division boundaries were defined to enable policing at the local level.  Police Divisions are based on aggregations of Local Authority areas (defined by Ordnance Survey BoundaryLine), and remain in alignment with Local Authorities as these change.

Tags: Crime, Crime and law enforcement, Human health and safety, Police
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Intermediate Zone Boundaries 2001

Intermediate zones are a statistical geography that sit between data zones and local authorities, created for use with the Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (SNS) programme.  Intermediate zones are used for the dissemination of statistics that are not suitable for release at the data zone level because of the sensitive nature of the statistics, or for reasons of reliability.  Intermediate Zones were designed to meet constraints on population thresholds (2,500 - 6,000 household residents), to nest within local authorities (as they were in 2001), and to be built up from data zones. The aim was also to build intermediate zones by grouping together data zones with similar social characteristics, to have fairly compact shape and to take into account physical boundaries.  Intermediate zones are a stable geography and can be used to analyse change over time.

There are 1,235 intermediate zones across Scotland, and each have been assigned an individual code that follows the Scottish Government's standard naming and coding convention.  The code prefix is S02, which has been assigned to designate intermediate zones.  In most cases, intermediate zones were also been assigned a name by the relevant Community Planning Partnership.  From time to time Local Authorities may choose to update these names, and this dataset will be updated to reflect these changes.

Tags: Statistical analysis, Statistical units, population distribution, statistical data
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Intermediate Zone Boundaries 2011

Intermediate zones are a statistical geography that sit between data zones and local authorities, created for use with the Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (SNS) programme and the wider public sector. Intermediate zones are used for the dissemination of statistics that are not suitable for release at the data zone level because of the sensitive nature of the statistic, or for reasons of reliability. Intermediate Zones were designed to meet constraints on population thresholds (2,500 - 6,000 household residents), to nest within local authorities (at the time of the Census), and to be built up from aggregates of data zones. Intermediate zones also represent a relatively stable geography that can be used to analyse change over time, with changes only occurring after a Census.  Following the update to intermediate zones using 2011 Census data, there are now 1,279 Intermediate Zones covering the whole of Scotland.

Tags: Statistical analysis, Statistical units, population distribution, statistical data
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Road (major road sources) - LDAY

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for major road traffic noise in Scotland in 2021. Major roads are defined as those with more than 3,000,000 vehicle passages per year. The data represents the daytime levels (Lday) - the annual average A-weighted long-term sound over the daytime period (07:00-19:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Industry - LAeq16H

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for industry noise within agglomerations in 2021. The data represents the 16-hour daytime level (LAeq,16h) - the A-weighted equivalent continuous sound level over a 16-hour time period (07:00-23:00). Qualifying agglomerations are urban areas with populations in excess of 100,000 people, i.e. Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Falkirk and Glasgow. 

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Scottish Remote Sensing Index

The Scottish Remote Sensing Index (SRSI) is a collaboration between Scottish public sector organisations to public information about the remote sensing data they hold. For each remote sensed dataset, the spatial extent is captured, along with 12 attributes, including the sensor type, spatial resolution, and contact details of the data custodian. The licence status attribute can be used to filter the dataset to find openly available data.

Tags: Orthoimagery, Remote sensing
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
European Structural Fund Areas

European Structural Funds are a series of financial tools set up with the explicit purpose of reducing regional disparities across the EU in terms of income, wealth and opportunity.  Scotland’s Structural Fund Programmes for 2014-2020 consists of 2 programme areas: Highlands and Islands (with a GDP between 75% and 90% of the EU average), and the rest of Scotland which is made up of the other three NUTS II (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics3) regions (North Eastern Scotland, Eastern Scotland and South Western Scotland) all of whom have a GDP above 90% of the EU average. The Highlands and Islands has been designated as a transition region and the rest of Scotland as a more developed region. The categorisation of the two areas has an impact on the type of projects that the funds can be used to support.

Tags: European funding, Statistical units
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Railway (all railway sources) - LDAY

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for all railway traffic noise in Scotland (both major and non-major sources) in 2021. The data represents the daytime levels (Lday) - the annual average A-weighted long-term sound over the daytime period (07:00-19:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Railway (major rail sources) - LAeq18h

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for major railway traffic noise in Scotland in 2021. Major railways are defined as those with more than 30,000 train passages per year. The data represents the 18-hour daytime level (LAeq,16h) - the A-weighted equivalent continuous sound level over a 18-hour time period (06:00-24:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Intermediate Zone Centroids 2011

Intermediate zone centroids are point features that represent the population weighted centre of intermediate zones – the geography used for the dissemination of small area statistics in Scotland when results are unsuitable for release at data zone level.  These centroids are used to link intermediate zones to other (higher level) geographies and produce a 'best-fit' match.  Intermediate zones can then be aggregated to approximate this larger area of interest or higher level geography that statistics wouldn’t normally be available for.  Intermediate zones also represent a relatively stable geography that can be used to analyse change over time, with changes only occurring after a Census.  Following the update to intermediate zones using 2011 Census data, there are now 1,279 intermediate zones covering the whole of Scotland.

Tags: Statistical analysis, Statistical units, population distribution, statistical data
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Intermediate Zone Boundaries 2022

Intermediate Zones are a statistical geography that sit between Data Zones and local authorities, originally created for use with the Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (SNS) programme (now known as statistics.gov.scot) and the wider public sector. Intermediate Zones are used for the dissemination of statistics that are not suitable for release at the Data Zone level because of the sensitive nature of the statistic, or for reasons of reliability. Intermediate Zones were designed to meet constraints on population thresholds (2,500 - 6,000 household residents), to nest within local authorities (at the time of the Census), and to be built up from aggregations of Data Zones. Intermediate Zones also represent a relatively stable geography that can be used to analyse change over time, with changes only occurring after a Census. Following the update to Intermediate Zones using 2022 Census data, there are now 1,334 Intermediate Zones covering the whole of Scotland.

Tags: Statistical units
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Intermediate Zone Centroids 2022

Intermediate Zone centroids are point features that represent the population weighted centre of Intermediate Zones – the geography used for the dissemination of small area statistics in Scotland when results are unsuitable for release at Data Zone level. These centroids can be used to link Intermediate Zones to other higher level geographies and produce a 'best-fit' match. Intermediate Zones also represent a relatively stable geography that can be used to analyse change over time, with changes only occurring after a Census. Following the update to Intermediate Zones using 2022 Census data, there are now 1,334 Intermediate Zones covering the whole of Scotland.

Tags: Statistical analysis, Statistical units
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Railway (all railway sources) - LEVE

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for all railway traffic noise in Scotland (both major and non-major sources) in 2021. The data represents the evening levels (Leve) – the annual average A-weighted long-term sound over the evening period (19:00-23:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Road (all road sources) - LAeq16h

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for all road traffic noise in Scotland (both major and non-major sources) in 2021. The data represents the 16-hour daytime level (LAeq,16h) - the A-weighted equivalent continuous sound level over a 16-hour time period (07:00-23:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Data Zone Centroids 2001

Data zone centroids are point features that represent the population weighted centre of data zones - the core geography used for the dissemination of results from Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (SNS).  Centroids were calculated from a population weighted sum of Census Output Area centroids that fall within a data zone.  Eastings and northings for each Output Area were multiplied by their population, summed based upon the data zone in which they fell, and then divided by the total population of the data zone.  These centroids are in turn used to link data zones to other (higher) geographies via a spatial join, producing a 'best-fit' match between data zones and other SNS geographies.  This is Version 2 of the dataset, as the original version was shown to produce bias to the north and east.
 
There are 6,505 data zones across Scotland, and each have been assigned an individual code that follows the Scottish Government's standard naming and coding convention.  The code prefix is S01, which has been assigned to designate data zones.  In some cases, data zones have also been assigned a name.  To date, Local Authorities that have named their data zones include Eilean Siar (Western Isles), Falkirk, Fife, Highland, Moray, Shetland, South Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Lothian.

Tags: Statistical analysis, Statistical units, population distribution, statistical data
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Designated Boundary

The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park was established in July 2002 under The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Designation, Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Scotland) Order 2002. In the designation Order, the boundary is defined by the line on the deposited map.  This dataset represents that line. The aim of Scotland's National Parks is to deliver better management of areas of outstanding natural and cultural heritage.  They aim to: conserve and enhance the natural and cultural heritage, promote the sustainable use of natural resources of the area, promote understanding and enjoyment (including enjoyment in the form of recreation) of the special qualities of the area by the public and promote sustainable social and economic development of the communities of the area.

Tags: National parks, Protected sites
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot