Court Houses in New South Wales, Australia - Geospatial Point Data

A geospatial point dataset representing court house locations in New South Wales, Australia, updated to the GDA2020 coordinate standard. The data is published by Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW, and is updated daily. Point features are positioned within the cadastral parcel where the facility is located.

Use Cases

• Map the distribution of justice facilities across New South Wales based on the point feature data.
• Analyze proximity of court houses to other government services or population centers using the geospatial coordinates.
• Integrate court locations into broader infrastructure planning systems as part of the Foundation Spatial Data Framework.

Strengths

• Updated to the GDA2020 national coordinate standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
• Data update frequency is daily, suggesting relatively current information.
• Positional accuracy is defined according to National Mapping Council of Australia standards, with accuracy ranging from 0.25m to 125m depending on source scale.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW.

Collection Method

Captured from the best available source at scales ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000 as part of the NSW topographic mapping program.

Freshness

Updated daily. Last platform record update was 2026-05-17.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.