OSNI Open Data 50K Transport: Roads and Railways of Northern Ireland

OSNI 1:50,000 transport layer is a vector dataset providing information on roads, road names and railways for Northern Ireland. The dataset includes all motorways and A, B, C class and minor roads. It is provided by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government License.

Use Cases

• Map road networks for routing applications based on the detailed road classification.
• Analyze transportation infrastructure density based on the vector layer of roads and railways.
• Integrate road names into geospatial applications based on the attributed road name information.

Strengths

• Vector dataset provides detailed geometry for roads and railways.
• Covers all major and minor road classes across Northern Ireland.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, GeoJSON, ESRI SHAPE).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely derived from official mapping and surveying operations.

Time Range

null

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Northern Ireland