Travel plazas and parking/rest areas along the New York State Thruway System. The dataset includes location details such as latitude, longitude, milepost, route, and direction. It was published by data.ny.gov and last updated in September 2019.
Use Cases
- Map facility locations by Latitude and Longitude coordinates for visual analysis.
- Analyze the distribution of rest areas by Route and Milepost for infrastructure planning.
- Filter facilities by Direction (e.g., northbound/southbound) for directional service analysis.
- Join location data with municipal boundaries using columns like Counties or Location (city) for regional studies.
Strengths
- Contains multiple geospatial attributes including Latitude, Longitude, and Milepost.
- Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).
Limitations
- Dataset size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of scope.
- Data has not been updated since 2019, potentially missing new or modified facilities.
Provenance
- Source
- data.ny.gov
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated on 2019-09-17.
- Geography
- New York State Thruway System