Ferry routes between the Turks and Caicos Islands

The dataset is a polyline shapefile layer with the approximate ferry routes between Turks and Caicos Islands. Data was extracted from OpenStreetMap project and edited in November 2020. The dataset comprises routes and frequency as for November 2020.

The data can be visualised at: https://webgis.gov.tc

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated February 25, 2021, 17:55 (UTC)
Created December 1, 2020, 18:39 (UTC)
Region TC
Language eng
Topic Category transportation
Temporal Extent Start 2020-11-01
Temporal Extent End 2020-11-30
Dataset Reference Date 2020
Lineage The OpenStreetMap project is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. The data was created by contributors of the project based on ground surveys or traced from satellite imagery. Ferry routes were extracted from OSM multistring layer using all the objects with any information ferry in other tags field. Missing routes were digitized from maps and the frequency was taken from websites of ferry operators.
West Longitude -72.15654
South Latitude 21.33165
East Longitude -71.14526
North Latitude 21.93784
Spatial Reference System WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name OpenStreetMap Community, OpenStreetMap Foundation
Contact Mail Address mgorny@saeri.ac.fk
Responsible Party Role resource provider, owner, distributor, originator, publisher and author
Access Limitations Open access
Use Constraints Open
Data Format shape
Update Frequency as needed
Accuracy low
Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date 2020-11-30
Metadata Point of Contact mgorny@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details published