Great Britain Country Boundaries at December 2016 with Multiple Resolutions

December 2016 digital vector boundaries for countries in Great Britain, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset contains five versions of the boundaries, ranging from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), each clipped to the coastline. It contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps of Great Britain based on the provided country boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis at different scales using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary versions.
• Integrate administrative units into a geospatial application using the clipped-to-coastline feature.
• Visualize country-level data for Great Britain using the vector boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and three levels of generalisation (20m, 200m, 500m).
• Includes specific file sizes for each version, ranging from 24 MB for full resolution to 150 KB for ultra generalised.
• Boundaries are explicitly clipped to the Mean High Water mark coastline for consistency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from December 2016; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from Ordnance Survey and ONS data.

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:14.455078; freshness should be verified

Geography

Great Britain