Local Government District Boundaries for Northern Ireland, 1993

OSNI Large-scale boundaries is a polygon dataset of Local Government Districts set in 1993. The data was extracted from the OSNI Largescale database, topologically cleansed, and attributed to create a seamless dataset. It is provided by the Government Digital Service under the Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Mapping historical administrative regions based on the 1993 district definitions.
• Performing spatial joins for demographic or economic analysis using the polygon boundaries.
• Creating base maps for web or desktop applications using the provided geospatial file formats.

Strengths

• Data has been topologically cleansed to create a seamless polygon dataset.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats including GeoJSON, ESRI Shapefile, 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

OSNI (Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland) Largescale database.

Collection Method

Extracted, topologically cleansed, and attributed.

Time Range

1993

Freshness

null

Geography

Northern Ireland