OSNI Open Data 10k Grid: National Grid Reference System for Northern Ireland

OSNI Open Data 10k Grid is the National Grid Reference System for Northern Ireland, composed of 292 sheets. It provides the naming convention for 1:10,000 scale mapping and is published by OpenDataNI for open data use. The grid can serve as a reference system for downloading the DTM and Mid Scale Raster map.

Use Cases

• Georeferencing other spatial datasets based on the provided 10k grid system.
• Serving as a download index for Digital Terrain Models (DTM) based on the description.
• Serving as a download index for Mid Scale Raster maps based on the description.
• Creating standardized map sheet layouts for Northern Ireland based on the 292-sheet structure.

Strengths

• Defined structure of 292 grid sheets.
• Supports multiple open geospatial formats including CSV, KML, JSON, and GEOJSON.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 open license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, being specific to Northern Ireland.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:08.977455; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland