Category: Data and GIS

Data and GIS

Scotland’s housing market in 2023

Registers of Scotland (RoS) is the leading source of land and property data and statistics in Scotland. Our registers and the data we produce at RoS are valuable national assets. Our users range from members of the public, industry experts, researchers, academics, and community groups to public bodies such as the Scottish Government and the Scottish Fiscal Commission. This blog post by Garreth Jones, statistician … Continue reading Scotland’s housing market in 2023

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Data and GIS

Making data more accessible at RoS

Blog post by Alan Howie, Chief Data Officer at Registers of Scotland. For over 400 years, data in all its forms has underpinned RoS’ core purpose of Registration. RoS holds the oldest national public land register in the world. Many of these historic records are handwritten text-based documents going back hundreds of years. They are a rich source of information but need work to turn … Continue reading Making data more accessible at RoS

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Data and GIS, Registration

Keeper’s monthly update March 2022

Stay up to date with everything happening at Registers of Scotland (RoS) with our monthly update. Key messages:  Corporate plan 2022-2027 RCI goes live on 01 April Country of Origin report Link to historic maps on ScotLIS Business Self-serve copy deeds on ScotLIS Business Interactive House Price Statistics ODP award win Register Land & Property Registers of Scotland continues to operate in line with Scottish … Continue reading Keeper’s monthly update March 2022

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Data and GIS

Scotland’s housing market in 2021

Blog post by Rachael Fairley, statistician in the land and property data team here at Registers of Scotland (RoS). RoS is one of the leading sources of land and property data and statistics in Scotland. We deliver data reports to over 70 regular customers and publish official statistics on house prices on our website. We have a range of users, from industry experts, to public bodies … Continue reading Scotland’s housing market in 2021

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Data and GIS, Publications

Scotland’s housing market in 2020

Blog post by Rachael Fairley, statistician in the land and property data team here at Registers of Scotland (RoS). RoS is one of the leading sources of land and property data and statistics in Scotland. We deliver data reports to over 70 regular customers and publish official statistics on house prices on our website. We have a range of users, from industry experts, to public … Continue reading Scotland’s housing market in 2020

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Data and GIS

You asked, we answered: Our GIS team on lessons learnt, web mapping and QGIS

Back at the start of the summer, we shared our story about moving to open source systems – and it received quite a response from the GIS community online! Thank you to everyone who liked, shared and commented on the article. We had a number of questions on the back of its publication here and on social media, so we thought it’d be useful to … Continue reading You asked, we answered: Our GIS team on lessons learnt, web mapping and QGIS

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