Roadside Stopping Places in Western Australia

Roadside stopping places are designated areas for road-users to take breaks safely. The dataset is maintained by Main Roads Western Australia and receives weekly updates. Spatial coverage is limited to Western Australia.

Use Cases

• Map stopping place locations using geographic coordinates for route planning applications
• Analyze the spatial distribution of facilities to identify gaps in roadside service coverage
• Integrate location data with traffic volume datasets to assess usage patterns of rest areas

Strengths

• Data is updated weekly, ensuring current information
• Spatial coverage is explicitly defined for Western Australia
• Multiple file formats including GEOJSON, KML, and CSV provide flexibility for different tools

Limitations

• No row count or sample data is available to assess dataset size
• The dataset's geographic scope is limited to a single Australian state
• Specific attributes and column details for each stopping place are unknown

Provenance

Source

Main Roads Western Australia

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Weekly

Geography

Western Australia