Litter and Dog Waste Bin Locations in York, UK

Location data for litter bins and dog waste bins in the city of York, United Kingdom. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service and sourced from the City of York Council's live GIS server via an API link. The data is licensed under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Optimize municipal waste collection routes based on bin location density.
• Analyze public infrastructure distribution for urban planning based on bin locations.
• Create public-facing maps showing available waste disposal points.
• Assess service coverage and identify potential gaps in bin placement.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a live API linked to the City of York Council's authoritative GIS server.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and ESRI Shapefile.
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 open government license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

City of York Council, via Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Live API link to the council's GIS server.

Time Range

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Freshness

Live API link ensures changes to the master data are reflected immediately, but the specific last update date is unknown.

Geography

York, United Kingdom.