Northern Ireland District Electoral Area Boundaries for 2012

2012 polygon data for District Electoral Areas in Northern Ireland, extracted and topologically cleansed from the OSNI Largescale database. This seamless dataset is published by the Government Digital Service for open data use. The data is available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, GeoJSON, and ESRI Shapefile.

Use Cases

• Create electoral district maps based on the 2012 boundary polygons.
• Perform spatial joins with demographic data using the attributed and topologically cleansed boundaries.
• Analyze the geographic size and shape of electoral areas for planning purposes.

Strengths

• Data has been topologically cleansed to create a seamless dataset.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (KML, GeoJSON, ESRI Shapefile, CSV).

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; data may not reflect current boundaries.

Provenance

Source

OSNI (Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland) Largescale database

Collection Method

Extracted, topologically cleansed, and attributed from source database.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

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Geography

Northern Ireland