Archiving and Disseminating Historic Land Use

InformationLinda Stewart

Records Management and Cataloguing Department

The National Archives,(TNA) Kew

TNA’s role

Part 1

Selecting land use information for permanent preservation

Archiving GISHeld remotely from central filing system

Is made up of diverse layers

Which are frequently updated

Layers originate from different organisations

Mostly run on commercial software

TNA’s GIS ProjectEstablish extent nature and intricacies of the use of GI systems in Central Government

Identify the records being created

Identify any special issues relating to their public record status

Raise awareness in GIS community of their responsibilities under Public Records Act

Engage in the debate

What information from government GIS do you think TNA should select for permanent preservation ?

linda.stewart@nationalarchives.gov.uk

TNA’s role

Part 2

Preserving and disseminating land use information

NDAD