Geographic Name
- ID:
hk-landsd-openmap-landsd-geographic-name - Publisher: Lands Department · Markdown
- Categories: Development, Geography and Land Information · Markdown
- Tags: Not stated
- Resources: 1
- Updated: 2025-03-11T16:37:30.163021
- Harvest started: 2026-10-20T22:31:00.105Z
- Licence: Not stated
- Source: Official metadata record
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Description
The Place Name database is maintained by Survey and Mapping Office of LandsD. The original source of the Database is based on “A Gazetteer of Place Names” with the first edition published in 1960, containing placename features mapped at 1:25,000. The Database stores and maintains names of settlement (e.g. area, town, village), hydrographic features (e.g. river, channel), and topographic features (e.g. relief).
Resources
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Place Name
- Resource ID:
80fb7aa4-a7b9-4e10-8292-87ca1a224198 - Format: API
- Language: en
- Updated: 2025-03-11T16:37:30.171704
- Original URL:
https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=landsd_rcd_1648571595120_89752
The Place Name database is maintained by Survey and Mapping Office of LandsD. The original source of the Database is based on “A Gazetteer of Place Names” with the first edition published in 1960, containing placename features mapped at 1:25,000. The Database stores and maintains names of settlement (e.g. area, town, village), hydrographic features (e.g. river, channel), and topographic features (e.g. relief).
Document availability
Parsed specifications and data dictionaries: not available for this dataset. Document availability.