National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions (December 2016) Boundaries WA BSC

Digital vector boundaries for the National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions, as of 31 December 2016. The boundaries are super generalised (200m) and clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark). The dataset contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights and was last updated on the platform in September 2022.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral regions for Wales based on the super generalised vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of electoral representation using the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Integrating boundary data into GIS platforms for public information services via the provided ArcGIS REST services.

Strengths

• Specific temporal snapshot as of 31 December 2016.
• Boundaries are super generalised (200m) and clipped to the coastline, which may simplify certain analyses.
• Provided via multiple ArcGIS service endpoints for different access methods.

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.
• Last updated 2022-09-29 18:32:01.169000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely digitized and maintained by government mapping agencies.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 31 December 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2022-09-29 18:32:01.169000

Geography

Wales, United Kingdom.