OSNI Largescale Boundaries: Local Government Districts for Northern Ireland (2012)

A polygon dataset of Local Government Districts for Northern Ireland delineated in 2012. The data was extracted from the Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland (OSNI) Largescale database, topologically cleansed, and used for the 2014 elections. It is published by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative regions for Northern Ireland based on the 2012 boundary definitions.
• Conducting spatial joins for demographic or electoral analysis using the polygon boundaries.
• Creating base maps for local government planning and public service visualization.
• Analyzing boundary changes or consistency for historical comparison.

Strengths

• Data is topologically cleansed to create a seamless polygon dataset.
• Boundaries are officially delineated under the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.
• 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

Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland (OSNI) Largescale database.

Collection Method

Extracted, topologically cleansed, and attributed from the source database.

Time Range

Boundaries set in 2012, used for 2014 elections.

Freshness

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Geography

Northern Ireland.