Justice Facilities: NSW Court Houses and Gaols as Geospatial Points

Justice Facilities is a point feature dataset from Spatial Services (DCS) representing court houses and gaols in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the NSW Features of Interest category and is positioned within cadastral parcels. The dataset has been updated to the GDA2020 coordinate reference system for improved accuracy and national alignment.

Use Cases

• Mapping the locations of court houses for accessibility analysis.
• Analyzing the proximity of gaols to other community facilities or residential areas.
• Integrating justice facility points with other NSW foundation spatial data themes for comprehensive planning.
• Visualizing the distribution of legal infrastructure across the state for resource allocation studies.

Strengths

• Updated to the GDA2020 national coordinate standard, improving positional accuracy and interoperability.
• Maintained daily by Spatial Services, suggesting high data currency.
• Represents a historically captured category from the NSW topographic mapping program, indicating established provenance.

Limitations

• Column names and schema details are not provided in the available metadata.
• The 'Data Currency' date of '01/01/3000' is unrealistic and conflicts with the stated daily update frequency.
• Exact row count, file size, and specific license terms are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), NSW Government.

Collection Method

Historically captured as part of the NSW topographic mapping program; sourced from a data provider file.

Time Range

Initial publication date is 05/02/2020.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-09.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.