Transport Facility Points in New South Wales, GDA2020 Geodetic Standard

A point feature class defining transport-related facilities across New South Wales, Australia. The dataset includes locations such as parking areas, marinas, railway stations, helipads, roadside rest areas, emergency telephones, airports, bus interchanges, and heavy vehicle check stations. It is provided by Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW, and has been updated to the GDA2020 geodetic standard.

Use Cases

• Map transport infrastructure density based on facility types like airports and railway stations.
• Analyze the distribution of roadside amenities for motorists based on rest areas and emergency telephones.
• Plan logistics and heavy vehicle routes based on the location of check stations.
• Identify locations for new transport hubs based on existing facilities like bus interchanges and marinas.

Strengths

• Updated to the national GDA2020 geodetic standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
• Description explicitly lists nine distinct types of transport facilities included.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW.

Collection Method

Data provider files.

Freshness

Data currency date listed as 01/01/3000, suggesting a static or infrequently updated dataset.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.