NSW Health Facilities: Geospatial Points for Ambulance Stations and Other Services

Spatial Services maintains a point dataset of health facilities across New South Wales, Australia, including ambulance stations. This GDA94-referenced dataset is scheduled for retirement, with users directed to transition to a newer GDA2020 service. The data is part of the broader 'Building Complex' feature class and represents community facilities.

Use Cases

• Mapping ambulance station locations for emergency response planning based on the described point features.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of health facilities for community service gap analysis.
• Integrating facility points into geographic information systems (GIS) for infrastructure management.
• Transitioning mapping applications from the deprecated GDA94 service to the newer GDA2020 version.

Strengths

• Managed by an authoritative government organization, Spatial Services (DCS).
• Explicitly includes ambulance stations as a defined feature type.
• Available via an API (ArcGIS REST Service) for programmatic access.

Limitations

• The dataset is deprecated and scheduled for retirement, requiring users to migrate.
• Column names, row counts, and specific license information are not provided in the sources.
• The spatial reference (WGS 84 = GDA94) is not easily consumed in modern GDA2020 environments.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), New South Wales government

Collection Method

Likely compiled from government administrative records as part of the 'Building Complex' feature class.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-04-09 13:16:16.642978

Geography

New South Wales, Australia