Great Britain Country Boundaries at December 2015 with Multiple Resolutions

December 2015 digital vector boundaries for countries in Great Britain, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset contains five versions of boundaries, including full resolution and four levels of generalisation clipped to the coastline. Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of Great Britain based on the provided country-level boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis at different scales using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary versions.
• Integrate administrative boundaries into GIS applications for location-based services.
• Visualize country-level data in Great Britain using the coastline-clipped vector files.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m).
• Includes specific file sizes for each version, such as 3 MB for the generalised (20m) version.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific date (31 December 2015).
• Offers multiple download formats (GEOJSON, CSV, KML, ZIP) and REST API access.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 2015; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from Ordnance Survey and ONS data.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026 07 08 13:33:12.538116; temporal coverage is 31 December 2015.

Geography

Great Britain