Lakes and Ponds in York, UK, from City Council GIS

Lakes and ponds within the City of York, United Kingdom, are represented in this dataset. The data is published by the Government Digital Service and sourced from the City of York Council's live GIS server via an API link. The dataset is available in multiple geospatial formats, including GeoJSON, KML, and CSV.

Use Cases

• Map water body locations for environmental planning based on the geospatial nature of the data.
• Analyze the distribution of open spaces and recreational areas based on the dataset's focus on lakes and ponds.
• Integrate with other local government datasets for urban studies based on the source from the City of York Council.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the authoritative City of York Council GIS server.
• Available in multiple interoperable formats: GeoJSON, KML, and CSV.
• The live API link ensures changes to the master data are reflected immediately.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The last update date is unknown; freshness is unverified.

Provenance

Source

City of York Council GIS server, aggregated by Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Live API link to a master GIS database.

Time Range

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Freshness

Update frequency is implied to be live via API, but the specific last update date is unknown.

Geography

City of York, United Kingdom.