Changes to Pointer data taking effect Quarter 3 2009

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Summary

Changes will be made to Pointer Data taking effect from the Quarter 3 2009 release onwards. There will be changes to the data files supplied as well as the elements that are contained in these files.

Reasons for Changes

The Land and Property Services (formerly known as OSNI) have altered the order and number of the fields in the raw data that they supply.

Changes to the data files supplied

Pre June 2009 pointer data contains three files:

  • GBP Boundary (gbrpdy.dap),
  • GBP Property (gbrppt.dap)
  • GBP Total (gbrptl.dap).

From the Quarter 3 2009 release onwards only one file will be supplied.

Changes to the data elements supplied

Quarter 3 2009 and future releases of the pointer data will contain the following previously supplied elements. Any changes to the values that these elements returned are indicated below.


Element Description Code New Values if applicable
1m Irish Grid X Coordinate IrGridX  
1m Irish Grid Y Coordinate IrGridY  
OS Easting OSEast  
OS Northing OSNorth  
Latitude Latitude  
Longitude Longitude  
Temp Coordinates Flag TempCoords 'Y' or ‘N’
Unique Building ID UniqueBID  
Business Use BusUse 'Other or ‘Residential'
Commencement Date CommDate  
UPRN UPRN  
Townland Townland  
Building Status BStatus ‘None’, ‘Under Construction’, ‘Built’, ‘Derelict’ or ‘Demolished’
Local Council Name LCouncilN  

 

Additional elements supplied

The below elements will be new additions to the pointer data.

Basic Land & Property Unit Code Values
Basic Land & Property Unit BLPU  
Address Status AddrStatus Candidate', ' Provisional' or ' Approved', 'Rejected' or 'Historical'
Archived Date ArchivedDate  
Action Action ‘I’, ‘U’, or ‘R’

 

Elements that will no Longer be supplied

Data file File Name Elements
GBP Total gbrptl.dap • Geocode IG Sheet
• Plan
• Area
• Date of Survey
• Deletion date
GBP Property gbrppt.dap • Townland ID
• AQI
• Delivery Point Status
GBP Boundary gbrpdy.dap • Only ‘Local Council Name’ will be available

 

 

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