NSW Rest Areas

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The NSW Rest Areas map is a map based web application that allows you to browse and search for available rest areas located across NSW. The map provides the locations of the rest areas along the road network. It includes details such as the rest areas name, access direction, and the different facilities (e.g. toilets, fuel, BBQ facilities, etc.) that are available at each rest area. The information displayed in the Rest Areas map is available as a dataset and queryable API for use by public and industry.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au/dataset/nsw-rest-areas
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There doesn’t appear to be any data loaded for the Rest Areas? Using the api, if I do “SELECT * FROM rest_areas” then no data is returned? I’ve tried using Postman and also the explore api on the website, but the queries never return results. I’ve authenticated using an API key.

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@ash5g looks like there’s something wrong with the API, we’re looking into it and will have it fixed soon.

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Hi @ash5g, unfortunately the API might take a while to fix since there seems to be an issue at the source. You can still find the data on the Live Traffic NSW web app. Hopefully this helps you out for now with what you’re working on.

Thanks,
Alex

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Hi Alex

Any further development here please as the API response is empty ? How can I get the rest areas in digital format in it’s absence ?

Thank you
Chris

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Hi @chris.wheldon

Did you want to give this another go. Our team have just fixed it and it looks good to us.

Regards
Yvonne

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Hi Yvonne

Looks good to me. Ran a csv request on the default sql query <select * from rest_areas limit 50 > and got the data out.

Looks good to me also.

Thank you

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:mega::mega:Upcoming changes to Transport Open Data Rest Area API :mega::mega:

What is happening?

Changes are occurring to the way Rest Area data feeds into the Transport Open Data Hub and its accessibility via the Rest Area API.

The Geospatial application used to feed data to the Transport Open Data platform will change from 19th of November 2024.

This will impact the format of the data feeds available from the Rest Area API. Following the change, the data will only be available for download as Json and GeoJson file type formats.

Why is this change occurring?

The Transport Open Data Hub is transitioning to new applications for sourcing GeoSpatial data.

What does this mean for me?

Following the change, you will only be able to access and download Rest Area data files in either Json and GeoJson formats from the Transport Open Data Rest Area API.

If you need the Rest Area data in other formats such as CSV, KML or SHP, data will be available to downloaded from the NSW Rest Areas page:

How can I get further support?

If you have any queries or feedback please post on this thread or email us at OpenDataProgram@transport.nsw.gov.au

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:tada: NSW Rest Area changes have successfully been implemented :tada:

Please note:

  • there are new rest areas in the data!
  • You can extract data from the API in JSON and GeoJSON format
  • We’ve included a new interactive map to view the data
  • CSV, KML and SHP files are also available to download on NSW Rest Area page
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NSW Rest Areas has been updated :tada::tada: 33 rest area sites have been added along with a new attribute for wheelchair accessible toilet facilities.