This document provides information to a forum user asking where to find data on which council areas border others in the UK. It recommends searching for open data on Central Bedfordshire council's area through their Open Data Communities page and Ordnance Survey data, and checking the local government information portal for additional details.
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Following linked data
1. Following linked data
Could you advise where I might find the data to
identify which council areas borders others?
Forum post Peter, Central Bedfordshire
URI search on Central Bedfordshire
Open Data Communities page for Central
Bedfordshire council
http://opendatacommunities.org/id/unitary-authority/central-bedfordshire
governs
http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/id/7000000000043870
@MikeThacker www.local.gov.uk/lginformplus
Notas del editor
Here’s a simple illustration of how a query can be answered by linked data AND one reason why using URIs can be powerful.
Peter from Central Bedfordshire asked how he could identify the geographical neighbours of each council.
As an example, I looks up Central Bedfordshire in ESD’s URI search page: http://uris.opendata.esd.org.uk/
That lead me to DCLG’s Open Data Communities page for the the council’s URI
That gave me the Ordnance Survey URI of the area “governed” by Central Bedfordshire council
That showed me the areas which Central Bedfordshire “touches”
From there Peter could go on to check the type of area/council for each touching area if he wished to limit his geographic neighbours to top or second tier councils.
All of that is machine readable as well as being accessible via web pages.