Traffic Count Data - City Of Edinburgh

TRAFFIC DATA - UPLOAD REQUIREMENTS FOR SPATIAL HUB

This page summarises larger scale traffic surveys conducted on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council since 2016. We encourage those with suitable data to upload it to this site. If any queries please contact George King (george.king@edinburgh.gov.uk)

Once registered on the Spatial Hub, users can access the login pages via https://data.spatialhub.scot/user/login. Users can navigate to the appropriate ‘Traffic Count Data’ page for their local authority area where data can be accepted by a direct upload or registered API links via the SUBMIT DATA tab. Alternatively, traffic count data can be uploaded by GIS specialists in each of the local authorities. Please upload all ATC, JTC and ANPR data collected in the last 5 years. Access to ANPR data can be restricted and the data anonymised. Any data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic should be included as this can provide useful information on the effects of the lockdowns on traffic flow reduction. We recognise that existing data will come in a variety of formats and structures due to the lack of traffic data collection standards in the past.

All data uploaded here should include: -  Data in a machine-readable format (e.g. csv, GML, shapefile, GeoJSON) so that it can be processed and used in analysis and visualisation software. Any data that is in Word or PDF format should be manipulated into a machine-readable format before upload.  Accurate locational information (Eastings/Northings or Lat/Long) or an Elementary Street Unit IDs (from the National Street Gazetteer) to enable the data to be joined to road networks in existing models.  Metadata including licence conditions and attribute descriptions to explain what data is contained in each column.  Clear data file naming to include location (e.g. street name), data type (ATC, JTC or ANPR) and date/time information, e.g., Lomond Road JTC 2023.

If you have any data upload/API related queries, please contact: - spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk).

Traffic data uploaded to these pages is publicly available as part of the UK Open Government Licence (OGL)