NSW Road Network Aggregated Way Segments for Transport Planning

Spatial Services provides the NSW Transport Theme - Aggregated Way Segment dataset, a line feature class representing sets of road segments grouped by common function or characteristic. The dataset, published on 06/02/2020, is derived from provider files and is part of the Foundation Spatial Data Framework. It is scheduled for retirement and users are advised to transition to a newer GDA2020 service.

Use Cases

• Modeling road network functional groupings based on the aggregated segment concept.
• Spatial analysis of road characteristics across New South Wales.
• Generating and maintaining higher-level aggregated way features as a staging class.
• Integrating road data into broader NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework applications.

Strengths

• Part of the authoritative NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework.
• Initial publication date is explicitly stated as 06/02/2020.
• Spatial accuracy is documented as ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000 scale.

Limitations

• The service is scheduled for retirement, indicating it is a legacy dataset.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset uses the GDA94 spatial reference, which may cause misalignment in GDA2020 environments.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW.

Collection Method

Derived from data provider files, captured from sources at scales from 1:500 to 1:250,000.

Time Range

Initial publication 06/02/2020; specific temporal coverage of the road data is not stated.

Freshness

Data currency is listed as 01/01/3000, which is likely a placeholder; update frequency is listed as 'Other'.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.