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Description
York City Walls data is provided as a live API link to the City of York Council's GIS server, ensuring updates to the master copy are immediately reflected. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and is available in GEOJSON, KML, and CSV formats. The last update date for each resource is shown in its 'Last Updated' field.
Use Cases
Map historic fortification boundaries based on the geospatial city walls data.
Conduct spatial analysis of urban heritage sites based on the GIS infrastructure.
Integrate live-updating boundary data into planning applications based on the API link.
Strengths
Data is served via a live API link, ensuring immediate reflection of updates to the master copy.
Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, KML, and CSV.
Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license.
Limitations
Row count, column definitions, and sample data are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
The last overall update date for the dataset is unknown; freshness is unverified.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
Source
City of York Council (CYC) GIS server, published by the Government Digital Service.
Collection Method
Likely sourced from official municipal geographic information systems.
Time Range
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Freshness
Live API ensures updates are reflected immediately, but the dataset's last update date is unknown.
Geography
York, United Kingdom.
Data is accessed via a live API link; users must be prepared for potential changes upon each download.