Sportscotland and the Government Digital Service provide a dataset of sporting facilities across Scotland represented as point locations. The data includes multiple themed layers such as athletics tracks, golf courses, pitches, and swimming pools, with coordinates manually verified against Google Maps. The dataset is described as the most up-to-date information held, though its accuracy is not guaranteed as it is provided by third parties.
Use Cases
- Map the distribution and density of specific sports facilities like golf courses or swimming pools based on the described themed layers.
- Calculate total numbers of facilities for regional planning based on the point-per-facility representation mentioned in the description.
- Assess facility co-location patterns by analyzing multiple points at the same location as described.
- Support community sports provision analysis using the geospatial point data for different facility types.
Strengths
- Contains multiple distinct themed layers for different sports facility types.
- Coordinates have been manually verified and updated where missing, and obsolete facilities have been judged for deletion.
- Data representation uses one point per facility, enabling straightforward aggregation counts.
Limitations
- Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
- Accuracy is not guaranteed as information is provided by third parties.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service, with information provided by third parties and maintained by sportscotland.
- Collection Method
- Point locations captured against Google Maps, with manual coordinate lookups for missing data and judgement-based deletions.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated date is unknown.
- Geography
- Scotland