OSNI Open Data: 50,000 Transport Features for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's road network is detailed in this transport layer from OpenDataNI. It includes all motorways and A, B, C class and minor roads. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08 and is available under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map road networks for navigation systems based on the described road classes.
• Analyze road density and connectivity for regional planning based on the comprehensive transport layer.
• Perform spatial joins with other geographic datasets using the road geometry.
• Create basemaps for web and mobile applications using the provided geospatial formats.

Strengths

• Covers all motorways and A, B, C class and minor roads in Northern Ireland, suggesting comprehensive spatial coverage.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, KML, and WMS, facilitating use in various tools.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:09.763511

Geography

Northern Ireland