#GEO data

What should go in here

geojson files (and some shapefiles too (but mainly geojson))

Before you start

• As the repository has large shape files you should install git lfs
• check the licence under which the original data has been put into the world
• if the geo-data has been created/ researched by us (the FT graphics team) decide upon an approprate licence. By publishing on a public github repo we must allow github users some rights "Specifically, you allow others to view and fork your repository within the GitHub site"

Reference GSS/ONS codes

##UK

####Westminster Constituencies

• geo data: westminster-constituencies.geojson
• description: westminster constituencies for the UK. Used in the 2015 general election. The id of each feature is the ONS GSS Code for that constituency
• source: Ordnance Survey (https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/boundary-line.html) & FT research
• licence: Open Government Licence v3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

####District borough local authorities

• geo data: small-local-authorities.topojson, medium-local-authorities.topojson
• description: district borough and local authorities, fromt he OS boundary line product (October 2015) but trimmed to the coast line. the id of each feature is the ONS GSS Code for the local authority
• source: Ordnance survey (https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/boundary-line.html) & diva-gis (http://www.diva-gis.org/)
• licence: Open Government Licence v3 (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ )

###Northern Ireland

####Northern Ireland Coast

• geo data: ni-coast.topojson, ni-coast.geojson
• description: the coast of northern ireland, processed to include that lake in the middle
• source: diva-gis (http://www.diva-gis.org/)

###London

####London wards 2014

• geo data: london-wards-2014.geojson
• description: London ward boundaries 2014 each ward geometry has these properties. (Note City of London is merged into a single shape )
  • gss_code_ward the ONS GSS Code for the ward
  • gss_code_borough the ONS GSS Code for the containing London borough
  • ward the ward name
  • borough the borough name
• source: London Data Store http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/statistical-gis-boundary-files-london
• licence: Open Government Licence v2 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/

##Europe

###Gibraltar

• geo data: gibraltar.topojson
• description: the border/ coast line of gibraltar
• source: diva-gis (http://www.diva-gis.org/)

###Ireland Border

• geo data: ireland-border.geojson, ireland-border.topojson
• description: the border of Ireland
• source: diva-gis (http://www.diva-gis.org/)

##US

###States and counties

• geo data: us.topojson
• description: the basic topojson file used in D3 mapping examples
• source: mbostock