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

Northern Ireland's Local Government Districts as delineated in 2012 under the Local Government (Boundaries) Order. The polygon dataset was extracted from the 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 based on the 2012 district boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis for electoral or planning purposes based on the polygon dataset.
• Integrating district boundaries into web or desktop mapping applications based on the provided geospatial formats.

Strengths

• Data is topologically cleansed to create a seamless polygon dataset.
• Boundaries are legally defined by the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.
• Available in multiple 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 from source database.

Time Range

Boundaries set in 2012, used for 2014 elections.

Freshness

Boundaries are from 2012. Last platform update date is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland.