Ordnance Survey Boundary Line
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Features and benefits
Boundary-Line is a specialist dataset of voting and administrative boundaries. The information is represented as vector digital data. It provides a full hierarchy of boundaries, from district, wards and civil parishes (or communities) up to parliamentary, assembly and European constituencies.
- A detailed and definitive boundary dataset for Great Britain suited to multiple applications using a GIS, CAD and digital mapping systems.
- Structured vector format, offering maximum functionality.
- Derived mainly from 1:10 000 scale Boundary Record mapping.
- Area values for every polygon.
- Census Agency codes (where available) allow you to link Boundary-Line polygons with census statistics.
Suggested applications
- Development and land use planning
- Environmental impact analysis
- Vehicle routing
- Asset management
- Marketing analysis
Key Points
| Scale | 1:10000 |
|---|---|
| Mapping type | Vector co-ordinate based product |
| Style | Outline mapping illustrating administrative areas and associated attributes |
| Used in | Development and land use planning, Development and land use planning, Asset management and marketing analysis |
| Can be put into | Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for analysis |
| Combinations | Combine with base mapping to give geographical bearing and with statistical data for analysis purposes. |
| Available as | DXF, DWG, MID/MIF, SHP, BDS files - see more information for compatibility |
| Cannot | Be used without appropriate software and preferably background mapping |
| Also consider | For more basic needs, boundary information may be requested as an overlay to background mapping types through the normal order process (STEP 4) |
