Guidance

Coal mining data: surface coal mining

Description of the dataset showing areas of coal extracted by surface excavations in the past or currently being excavated.

• From: Coal Authority
• Published: 9 October 2014

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Surface Coal Mining Metadata

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Surface Coal Mining Metadata

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This document contains metadata about the surface coal mining dataset, which includes:

• a description of what is contained in the data
• the purpose of this specific dataset
• the date the dataset was extracted
• technical information for geographic information systems

When using the Coal Authority interactive map viewer the metadata will provide further information and context for the chosen dataset.

If you wish to analyse your own data against the dataset the technical metadata will help you understand the format provided for geographic information systems.

Published 9 October 2014