OSNI Mid-Scale Raster: Northern Ireland Base Maps at 1:10,000
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Description
A 1:10,000 scale raster map series provides a detailed cartographic base for Northern Ireland. These maps include water bodies, rivers, main roads, town names, and townlands, serving as a foundational layer for spatial analysis. The data is published under the Open Government Licence, facilitating reuse as a background or overlay in desktop and web mapping applications.
Use Cases
Providing cartographic context for local planning applications based on townland and road features.
Overlaying thematic data like environmental or demographic information onto a consistent base map.
Creating regional reference maps for public information or tourism using named towns and water bodies.
Integrating raster tiles into web mapping services as a background layer for spatial data portals.
Strengths
Provides a standardized, detailed base map at a consistent 1:10,000 scale for the entire region.
Includes multiple key geographic features: water bodies, rivers, main roads, town names, and townlands.
Published under the permissive Open Government Licence, enabling broad commercial and non-commercial reuse.
Limitations
Metadata is incomplete; specific row counts, file sizes, and last update dates are not provided across sources.
The dataset is a static raster image, limiting direct querying or analysis of individual features compared to vector data.
Platform notes indicate the Esri REST API endpoint requires specific GIS software and will not open in a standard web browser.
Provenance
Source
Government Digital Service (likely via Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland - OSNI)
Collection Method
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Time Range
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Freshness
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Geography
Northern Ireland
The Esri REST API service for this data will not open directly in a web browser but can be accessed via desktop GIS software or web mapping applications.