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Enviro + Geo Insight - GIS Schema:  Past land use

The information below details all definition of each of the layers in the Past land use group within the GeoPackage, defining each data layer, the attributes of the data and their data types, as well as the definitions for any values that use look up tables

Historical industrial land uses (1:10,000 scale)

Layer name: Past_Land_Use-Historical_Industrial_Land_uses_GS

The data contained within this dataset includes polygonised features from historical Ordnance Survey mapping (1:10,560 and 1:10,000 scales) that are, or could be, associated with potentially contaminative activities across England, Scotland and Wales.

Geometry type: Polygon

Coverage: England, Scotland and Wales

Schema:

Column name Data type
gs_id integer
name_of_site Varchar (100)
date_of_operation Varchar (100)
activities_all text 

Historical tanks

Layer name: Past_Land_Use-Historical_Tanks_GS

The data contained within this dataset includes polygonised features from historical Ordnance Survey mapping (1:2,500 and 1:1,250 scales) that are labelled as, or have the potential to be, an above ground storage tank across England, Scotland and Wales.

Geometry type: Polygon

Coverage: England, Scotland and Wales

Schema:

Column name Data type
gs_id integer
land_use Varchar (200)
date Varchar (10)
 

Historical energy features

Layer name: Past_Land_Use-Historical_Energy_Feature_GS

The data contained within this dataset includes polygonised features from historical Ordnance Survey mapping (1:2,500 and 1:1,250 scales) that are, or could be, associated with energy production/storage related activities across England, Scotland and Wales.

Geometry type: Polygon

Coverage: England, Scotland and Wales

Schema:

Column name Data type
gs_id integer
use Varchar (100)
date Varchar (10)
 

Historical petrol stations

Layer name: Past_Land_Use-Historical_Petrol_Stations_GS

The data contained within this dataset includes polygonised features from historical Ordnance Survey mapping (1:2,500 and 1:1,250 scales) that are, or could be, associated with fuel related activities across England, Scotland and Wales.

Geometry type: Polygon

Coverage: England, Scotland and Wales

Schema:

Column name Data type
gs_id integer
use Varchar (100)
date Varchar (10)
 

Historical garages

Layer name: Past_Land_Use-Historical_Garages_GS

The data contained within this dataset includes polygonised features from historical Ordnance Survey mapping (1:2,500 and 1:1,250 scales) that are labelled as garages, or could be associated with vehicle maintenance and servicing across England, Scotland and Wales.

Geometry type: Polygon

Coverage: England, Scotland and Wales

Schema:

Column name Data type
gs_id integer
use Varchar (100)
date Varchar (10)
 

Historical military land

Layer name: Past_Land_Use-Historical_Military_Land_GS

This is a polygon based dataset of areas of military land digitised from military records and historical Ordnance Survey mapping (1:10,560 and 1:10,000 scales) across England, Wales and Scotland.

Geometry type: Polygon

Coverage: England, Scotland and Wales

Schema:

Column name Data type
gs_id integer
land_use Varchar (200)
date Varchar (10)