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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata (Text with EEA relevance)
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F1Annexes 1-3 inserted (31.12.2020) by The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 10(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Coordinate reference systems
1.Systems for uniquely referencing spatial information in space as a set of coordinates (x, y, z) and/or latitude and longitude and height, based on a geodetic horizontal and vertical datum.
Geographical grid systems
2.Harmonised multi-resolution grid with a common point of origin and standardised location and size of grid cells.
Geographical names
3.Names of areas, regions, localities, cities, suburbs, towns or settlements, or any geographical or topographical feature of public or historical interest.
Administrative units
4.Units of administration, dividing areas where jurisdiction is exercised under local, regional and national government, which are separated by administrative boundaries.
Addresses
5.Location of properties based on address identifiers, usually by road name, house number, postal code.
Cadastral parcels
6.Areas defined by cadastral registers or equivalent.
Transport networks
7.Road, rail, air and water transport networks and related infrastructure, including links between different networks.
Hydrography
8.Hydrographic elements, including marine areas and all other water bodies and items related to them, including river basins and sub-basins, where appropriate, according to the definitions set out in the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017, the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 or, as the case may be, the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, and in the form of networks.
Protected sites
9.Areas designated or managed under legislation or international law to achieve specific conservation objectives.]
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