Taxi and Hackney Carriage Ranks in York, UK

Taxi and Hackney Carriage Ranks in the city of York, United Kingdom. The dataset is maintained by the City of York Council and published via the Government Digital Service. It is a live API link to the council's GIS server, meaning updates to the master data are reflected immediately.

Use Cases

• Map taxi rank locations for navigation apps based on the geospatial coordinates.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of taxi infrastructure for urban planning based on the rank locations.
• Integrate real-time rank availability into transportation dashboards based on the live API link.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the authoritative local government body, the City of York Council.
• The dataset is a live API feed, ensuring it reflects the most current official information.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, KML, CSV) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness beyond the live link is unverified.

Provenance

Source

City of York Council

Collection Method

Published via a live API link to the council's GIS server.

Time Range

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Freshness

Live API link ensures updates are reflected immediately, but the specific last update date is unknown.

Geography

York, United Kingdom