Cancer Alliances in England: February 2017 Vector Boundaries

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for Cancer Alliances in England as of February 2017. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra generalised (500m). It includes Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights and is available via ArcGIS REST services.

Use Cases

• Map the geographic coverage of Cancer Alliances based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyze regional healthcare coordination areas using the full-resolution extent boundaries.
• Create simplified visualizations for reports using the generalised (20m) or ultra generalised (500m) boundaries.
• Integrate alliance boundaries with other health datasets for spatial analysis based on the clipped coastline versions.

Strengths

• Contains five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and multiple generalised options (20m, 200m, 500m).
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 71 KB for ultra generalised to 15 MB for full resolution clipped.
• Boundaries are provided for a specific snapshot date (February 2017).
• Includes direct REST service URLs for ArcGIS INSPIRE View and Feature Download services.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from February 2017; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

February 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:21.644944; freshness should be verified

Geography

England