NSW Features of Interest: Place Area Polygons for Regions, Cities, and Villages

A polygon feature class defining named places in New South Wales, Australia, including regions, localities, cities, and villages. The dataset is part of Spatial Services Defined Administrative Data Sets and is maintained by Spatial Services (DCS). It was last updated on 2026-04 09 14:52:56.198390.

Use Cases

• Mapping regional administrative boundaries based on the polygon feature class for regions.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of rural localities based on the locality polygon dataset.
• Identifying and visualizing city and village extents for urban planning based on the defined place area polygons.

Strengths

• Polygon geometries align with Spatial Services Defined Administrative Data Sets where possible.
• Includes multiple place themes: regions, localities, cities, and villages.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The service uses the GDA94 spatial reference and is scheduled for retirement, requiring transition to a GDA2020 service.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS)

Collection Method

Hosted Feature Layer from an ArcGIS REST service.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 14:52:56.198390; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia