Northern Ireland District Electoral Areas as 1993 Large-Scale Boundaries

OSNI Large-scale boundaries is a polygon dataset of District Electoral Areas set in 1993. The data was extracted from the OSNI Large-scale database, topologically cleansed, and attributed to create a seamless dataset for OpenData. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral district boundaries for historical analysis based on the 1993 delineation.
• Conducting spatial joins with demographic data based on the polygon geometry.
• Creating base maps for political science research based on the topologically cleansed boundaries.
• Integrating administrative boundaries into web or desktop mapping applications based on the available geospatial formats.

Strengths

• Data has been topologically cleansed to create a seamless dataset.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON, and KML.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are 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

Extracted from OSNI Large-scale database and topologically cleansed.

Time Range

1993

Freshness

null

Geography

Northern Ireland