DCELL December 2015: Super Generalised Clipped Boundaries in Wales

December 2015 digital vector boundaries for the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills in Wales. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra generalised (500m), with file sizes ranging from 22 KB to 3 MB. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Create educational district maps based on the described vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of education services using the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Integrate administrative boundaries into GIS systems for regional planning based on the available resolutions.
• Visualize the extent of DCELL regions in Wales for public information services.

Strengths

• Provides five specific resolution versions, including super generalised (200m) and ultra generalised (500m).
• File sizes are explicitly listed, ranging from 22 KB to 3 MB for different versions.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific date: December 2015.

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 may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2015 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official administrative records.

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:05.355225; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales