Great Britain Country Boundaries at December 2016 with Multiple Resolutions

Digital vector boundaries for Countries in Great Britain, as at December 2016. The dataset contains five boundary versions, including full resolution and generalised versions clipped to the coastline. Contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Create national-level maps of Great Britain based on super generalised (200m) boundaries for fast rendering.
• Perform coastal analysis using full resolution boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water mark.
• Integrate country boundaries into a larger geospatial analysis based on the provided ArcGIS REST services.

Strengths

• Offers five distinct boundary versions, from full resolution (24-29 MB) to ultra generalised (150 KB).
• Contains intellectual property from authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• Provides direct access via multiple ArcGIS REST service endpoints for programmatic use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale statistical analysis.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on Great Britain.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official cartographic sources.

Time Range

December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:05.551874; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain