Manchester shape files

[Lizabeth Hannaford]

Hello,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this request so apologies if I've infringed the group netiquette. I teach journalism at MMU so I'm developing some basic in-class projects my students can work on.

I'm looking for some simple (ideally kml) boundary files for Manchester to work on with students, specifically for elections. So, for example, a shape file for councils in Greater Manchester. I can't find any. Is anybody able to help with this? I'd like to be able to use them in a Google fusion table.

Cheers

Liz

[Kim Foale]

Super quick response, might be stating the obvious but have you
checked data.gov?

Try this for example: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/boundary-line

I know Greater Manchester Poverty Action have used this data, eg
http://www.gmpovertyaction.org/. If you don't get anywhere can ask the
dev who coded this (don' think he's in this group).

Welcome!

Kim

On 28 April 2016 at 21:09, Lizabeth Hannaford

> --
>
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Open Data Manchester" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to opendatamanches...@googlegroups.com.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.



--
Dr Kim Foale

- Latest blog: "What is a factory?", Published in The Modernist #17.
http://alliscalm.net/what-is-a-factory/
- Latest project: "Dear Friend", a letter-writing project celebrating
women in struggles for liberation, past and present.
http://dearfriend.org.uk/

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

[Steven Flower]

Hi Liz

Great to hear from you!

As Kim points out, Boundary Line is a useful dataset - more on that , and other OS open data products, via https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/boundary-line.html

The Mapit service from MySociety is always useful - esp as you can access boundary files as KML (Justin used this for poverty action), eg:  http://mapit.mysociety.org/area/2528.html

Google Fusion tables can also be useful - ie: http://mapit.mysociety.org/area/2528.html

And - the Open Data Communities site from DCLG could be worth checking - eg: http://opendatacommunities.org/data/ons-geography-administration - esp in terms of their sowcase: http://news.opendatacommunities.org/apps-showcase/ - Ric/Bill from Swirrl might be able to advise further on access to boundary data

Hope that helps

Thanks

Steven

[Jonathan TraffordSustransRanger]

Hi Liz,

A couple of years ago I made a fusion table with the info you're after, details below.

On 28 April 2016 at 22:34, JonathanF GMCC <jona...@gmcc.org.uk> wrote:

Here's a fusion table with wards and LAs, from 2014 but I believe no boundaries have changed since then:

https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1o_dP9uev6lnV1v1KkXH1EYpFSO7zOQoJBbFjs3Cu&pli=1

Hope you're aware of https://democracyclub.org.uk/

On phone so apologies for brevity, happy to help more anon.

Cheers, Jonathan.

@admins - so I can reply from my default address, please can one of you 'direct add' jona...@gmcc.org.uk to the google group, with no email subscription?

Cheers, Jonathan.

[Jamie Whyte]

Hi Liz - the Office for National Statistics have a portal for boundary files - https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page

It's a bit clunky, (and seems to not be working right now!) but might have what you need.

Thanks

Jamie 

[JonathanF GMCC]

There does seem to be a problem with the search facility on the main page, however the three links below are working fine.

Search: https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/geoportal/catalog/search/search.page

Details: https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/geoportal/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BE38FC0B2-9519-4FFF-98AF-D8E33273474B%7D

Download: https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/Docs/Boundaries/Wards_(GB)_2015_boundaries_(generalised_clipped).zip

I couldn't find an updated 2016 file but if you do need the new boundaries for Bristol, Sheffield etc then one of us could ask MySociety or DemocracyClub for them. To highlight where boundaries have changed they made: http://2016wards.mysociety.org/

You're also welcome to show your students this uk-wide ward, LA and County lookup system (responses available as json too). It's just a way to access Mapit data, with a standardised two-dimensional output that includes the various types of ward etc used across the UK. It also does a couple of Google requests to get street address info without requiring a subscription to the Royal Mail's PAF system. I'll update it to include Combined Authority details from these new ONS files 1 2. They're only small so pasted below for people's info.

Cheers, Jonathan.

CAUTH16CD CAUTH16NM

E47000001 Greater Manchester

E47000002 Sheffield City Region

E47000003 West Yorkshire

E47000004 Liverpool City Region

E47000005 North East

E47000006 Tees Valley

LAD16CD LAD16NM CAUTH16CD CAUTH16NM

E08000001 Bolton E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000002 Bury E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000003 Manchester E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000004 Oldham E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000005 Rochdale E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000006 Salford E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000007 Stockport E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000008 Tameside E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000009 Trafford E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000010 Wigan E47000001 Greater Manchester

E08000016 Barnsley E47000002 Sheffield City Region

E08000017 Doncaster E47000002 Sheffield City Region

E08000018 Rotherham E47000002 Sheffield City Region

E08000019 Sheffield E47000002 Sheffield City Region

E08000032 Bradford E47000003 West Yorkshire

E08000033 Calderdale E47000003 West Yorkshire

E08000034 Kirklees E47000003 West Yorkshire

E08000035 Leeds E47000003 West Yorkshire

E08000036 Wakefield E47000003 West Yorkshire

E06000006 Halton E47000004 Liverpool City Region

E08000011 Knowsley E47000004 Liverpool City Region

E08000012 Liverpool E47000004 Liverpool City Region

E08000013 St. Helens E47000004 Liverpool City Region

E08000014 Sefton E47000004 Liverpool City Region

E08000015 Wirral E47000004 Liverpool City Region

E06000047 County Durham E47000005 North East

E06000057 Northumberland E47000005 North East

E08000021 Newcastle upon Tyne E47000005 North East

E08000022 North Tyneside E47000005 North East

E08000023 South Tyneside E47000005 North East

E08000024 Sunderland E47000005 North East

E08000037 Gateshead E47000005 North East

E06000005 Darlington E47000006 Tees Valley

E06000001 Hartlepool E47000006 Tees Valley

E06000002 Middlesbrough E47000006 Tees Valley

E06000003 Redcar and Cleveland E47000006 Tees Valley

E06000004 Stockton-on-Tees E47000006 Tees Valley

--