Northern Ireland Natural Environment Raster Map at 1:1,000,000 Scale

OSNI's smallest-scale raster product provides a static image overview of Northern Ireland's natural environment. Published as open data by the Government Digital Service under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. The data is distributed in HTML, ZIP, and JSON formats.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps overlaying other data based on the natural environment raster background.
• Perform regional-scale spatial analysis based on the 1:1,000,000 overview of Northern Ireland.
• Use as a base layer in desktop or web mapping applications based on the raster's suitability for background mapping.

Strengths

• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 open government license.
• Sourced from the authoritative Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI).
• Described as the smallest-scale OSNI raster product, giving an excellent regional overview.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI)

Collection Method

Published for OpenData via the Government Digital Service.

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Northern Ireland