Salt Bin Incidents in York for the Last 30 Days

Salt Bin - Last 30 Days Incidents contains the most recent salt bin incident reports in York, covering a 30-day period. The data originates from the City of York Council's customer relationship management tool, with records from November 2019 onwards. This dataset is a live API link to the council's GIS server, reflecting updates immediately, but excludes incidents created in the last 14 days.

Use Cases

• Monitor recent salt bin service requests based on the 30-day incident window mentioned in the description.
• Analyze spatial patterns of infrastructure issues based on the geospatial format and connection to the council's GIS server.
• Integrate with a broader incident management system using the link to the 'Salt Bin - All Incidents' dataset for unresolved and closed cases.

Strengths

• Data is updated live via an API link to the council's GIS server, ensuring immediate reflection of changes.
• Incident records have been collected consistently since November 2019, providing a historical baseline.
• Offers multiple download formats including GEOJSON, KML, ESRI SHAPE, and CSV for flexibility.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset excludes incidents from the last 14 days, creating a reporting lag for the most recent events.

Provenance

Source

City of York Council, via the Government Digital Service on eu_open_data.

Collection Method

Recorded in the City of York Council's customer relationship management (CRM) tool.

Time Range

Covers the last 30 days (excluding the last 14 days), with data collection starting November 2019.

Freshness

Live updates via API; however, the last updated date for the dataset itself is unknown.

Geography

York, United Kingdom.