OSNI 50K LGDs: Northern Ireland Local Government Districts (1993)

OSNI 50k LGDs 1993 provides the administrative boundaries for Local Government Districts in Northern Ireland as they existed in 1993. The dataset is published for open data use under the LPS Open Government Data Licence and is available in multiple geospatial formats. Its cross-platform presence on both UK and EU open data portals indicates its established use for official and public reference.

Use Cases

• [Historical boundary analysis] based on [the 1993 administrative snapshot]
• [Geographic information system (GIS) mapping] based on [available ESRI SHAPE and GEOJSON formats]
• [Open data portal integration] based on [the dataset's availability via Esri Rest API for webmaps]
• [Administrative unit reference] based on [the defined Local Government Districts (LGDs)]

Strengths

• Dataset is available under a clear open government license (OGL-UK-3.0).
• Cross-platform availability on UK and EU open data portals suggests official status and reliability.
• Provides a specific historical snapshot of administrative geography for the year 1993.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided in any source.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is limited to a single year (1993), which may not reflect current boundaries.
• Documentation regarding the data collection or creation methodology is absent from the provided descriptions.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI / Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland (OSNI)

Time Range

1993

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates a date in 2026-07-08, which is a future date and may represent a system artifact.

Geography

Northern Ireland