NSW Justice Facilities: Court Houses and Gaols Locations

Justice Facilities - NSW Features of Interest is a point feature dataset representing locations of court houses, gaols, and other justice-related facilities in New South Wales. The dataset is part of the Building Complex feature class and is represented as a community facility, crucial for the delivery of education services. The original service is scheduled for retirement and users are directed to transition to a newer GDA2020-compatible version.

Use Cases

• Mapping court house locations for judicial administration and service planning.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of gaols and correctional facilities.
• Integrating justice facility points into community infrastructure assessments.
• Transitioning legacy geospatial applications from GDA94 to GDA2020 coordinate systems.

Strengths

• Dataset is maintained by an authoritative government source, Spatial Services (DCS).
• Explicitly documents a planned migration path to a newer, multi-CRS service (GDA2020).
• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au signals official importance and use.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: row count, column names, license, and precise authorship are unknown.
• The dataset is explicitly marked as deprecated and retiring, limiting its utility for new projects.
• The spatial reference (WGS 84 = GDA94) is noted as not easily consumable in modern GDA2020 environments.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), New South Wales Government

Collection Method

Likely compiled and maintained as part of the NSW Features of Interest geospatial catalog.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-04-09 22:25:26.851504

Geography

New South Wales, Australia