Geographic Name - Place Name

Data Resource Details

Dataset	Geographic Name
Data Providers	Lands Department
Data Category	Development, Geography and Land Information
Format	API
API	Available
Update Frequency	Monthly

URL https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=landsd_rcd_1648571595120_89752&lang=en

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).

Additional Information of Data Resource

Date Created	2021-12-01
Date Published	2022-12-01
Content Language	English

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