The dataset contains the boundaries of the districts as well as the names and emblems of the regions.
The starting data for the maintenance of the district data are the base map and up-to-date city plans.
The data is maintained in vector format in the Oracle Spatial database. The district data is constantly updated based on the town planning. The data is maintained by the city measurement services of Helsinki’s urban environment industry.
The material can be downloaded in several formats, including JSON, KML, CSV, Esri Shape and XML. Available formats can always be found in the outputFormat section of the service [GetCapabilities](https://kartta.hel.fi/ws/geoserver/avoindata/wfs?request=GetCapabilities).For more information and guidance, see [WFS search guide](https://kartta.hel.fi/avoindata/dokumentit/Prosessi_Ty%C3%B6ohje_kyselypalveluiden_kaytto_ulkoverkko.pdf).
** Coordinate system(s):**
— ESRI Shape:ETRS-GK25 (EPSG:3879)
CML:
WGS 84 (WGS 1984, EPSG:4326)
—Interface services: ETRS-GK25 (EPSG:3879).Maintenance coordinates.
It can also be projected in other coordinate systems. Other possible projections from the GetCapabilities document of the interface service.
**Addresses of interface services:**
— WFS interface:
[https://kartta.hel.fi/ws/geoserver/avoindata/wfs](https://kartta.hel.fi/ws/geoserver/avoindata/wfs?request=getCapabilities) — WMS interface: [https://kartta.hel.fi/ws/geoserver/avoindata/wms](https://kartta.hel.fi/ws/geoserver/avoindata/wms?request=getCapabilities)
**Published levels:** —Division of the city
**City Division characteristics, data types and their explanation and reliability data for data services:**
the ID (int). The unique identifier of the object.Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
— regionalisation (string). Type of regionalisation.Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
the town (string). The municipality.Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
the name (string). Emblem of the district.Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
name_fi (string). The Finnish name of the district.Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
the name of it (string). The Swedish name of the district.Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
— joint date (date). Date of creation of the object (yyyy-mm-dd).Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
— date of concertation (date).
Last edit date of the item (yyyy-mm-dd).
Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
— joint data owner (string).
The owner of the material.
Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
— updated to the information service (date).
Date of storage of the information service (yyyy-mm-dd).
Reliable, comprehensively existing information.
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