🆕Crowd Sourced Name Point
A crowd sourced name collated from data submitted to the Vernacular Names Tool in the OS Data Hub, provided as a point feature.
Temporal filtering
The earliest date on which you can request a one-off snapshot of data in the past for data in this feature type is 27 March 2025.
Any data temporally filtered earlier than the specified earliest date noted above for the data schema version may contain data inconsistencies.
Feature type attributes
The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included with this feature type, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.
osid
Primary identifier for the feature. The OSID is a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and requires no centralised authority to ensure uniqueness. Note that the same OSID can occur in more than one feature type when a single feature is represented multiple times in the OS NGD.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versiondate
Date when the version was last updated.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versionavailablefromdate
The date this version of the feature became the latest version.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versionavailabletodate
The date this version of the feature was superseded by an update or ceased to exist.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
changetype
The type of change that generated a new version of the feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: changetypevalue
Max Length: 50
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
geometry
Geometry for the feature.
Data Types: Geometry (GeoJSON), Geometry (GPKG), WKT (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
Geometry Type: Point
theme
The OS NGD theme to which the feature belongs.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: themevalue
Max Length: 40
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
description
A single descriptive value intended for a quick understanding of what the feature represents.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: crowdsourcednamedescriptionvalue
Max Length: 20
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name_text
The third party provided name assigned to identify the feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 100
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name_language
Third party suggested language of the name, provided as a 3-digit ISO 639-2 code ('eng', 'cym', 'gla').
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: languagevalue
Max Length: 3
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name_evidencedate
The date provided in the third party information received, on which the crowd sourced name was evidenced.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name_source
The name of the organisation that submitted the crowd sourced name.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 100
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
hassimilarosname
An indicator that the crowd sourced name has a similar name recorded in the matched OS NGD feature.
Data Types: Boolean (GeoJSON), Boolean (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
matchtype
Description of the matching outcome against OS NGD data.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: crowdsourcednamematchtypevalue
Max Length: 60
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
sourceclassification
Third party provided classification of the OS NGD feature the crowd sourced name describes.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 200
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
matchedosid
Identifier of the OS NGD feature that the crowd sourced name feature has been matched to.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
matchedosid_theme
OS NGD theme of the OS NGD feature that the crowd sourced name feature has been matched to.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: matchedthemengdvalue
Max Length: 20
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
matchedosid_featuretype
Name of the OS NGD feature type that the crowd sourced name has been matched to.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: matchedfeaturetypengdvalue
Max Length: 20
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
matcheduprn
Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) for the Address that the crowd sourced name has been matched to.
Data Types: Number (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), Integer (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
matchedusrn
Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) for the Street that the crowd sourced name has been matched to.
Data Types: Integer (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), Integer (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
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