OSNI 50K Transport: Roads and Railways of Northern Ireland

OSNI 1:50,000 transport layer is a vector dataset providing information on all motorways, A, B, C class and minor roads, road names, and railways for Northern Ireland. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. Users must note that the Esri Rest API endpoint is not intended for direct browser use but for integration into desktop and web mapping applications.

Use Cases

• Mapping road networks for transportation planning based on the detailed road classification.
• Conducting spatial analysis of infrastructure connectivity based on the vector transport layer.
• Creating base maps for regional studies based on the comprehensive coverage of Northern Ireland's roads and railways.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed vector layer covering all major and minor road classes in Northern Ireland.
• Includes both road and railway information, offering a multi-modal transport view.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON) for flexibility.

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

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Northern Ireland