[Fsuk-manchester] [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

[Simon Ward]

Well, I don’t live on Twitter, and neither have I been keeping up with
things on Identi.ca, but this is looking good - medium resolution data
from Ordance Survey to be made available through data.gov.uk

Simon
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> Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:36:27 +0100
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> For those who don't live on Twitter:
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> The UK Government has just announced its decision on freeing Ordnance 
> Survey data. Full document is at 
> http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1528263.pdf
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> Quick summary of what'll be released:
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> - medium-resolution vector data (Meridian2), includes street geometries 
> and names though the curves are a bit angular: see 
> http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/meridian2/
> - another new vector dataset called OS VectorMap District, scope as yet 
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> - StreetView raster data (includes street names, building outlines)
> - postcodes, though with points ("unit centres") not areas (Code-Point Open)
> - administrative boundaries (Boundary-Line)
> - gazetteer (OS Locator)
> - terrain data (Land-Form PANORAMA)
> - a couple of negligible very small-scale maps
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> Contrary to original proposal, Landranger and Explorer rasters 
> (1:25k/1:50k) will not be included.
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> Data available tomorrow (Thursday) at 
> http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendata .
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> Licence will be "without restrictions on use and re-use". Original 
> proposal was CC-BY. The response notes that several respondees (many of 
> whom read this list, I suspect) suggested either pure PD or the ODC 
> licences because of the database rights issue, but doesn't actually say 
> what the licence will be.
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> I'm sure there are a few other things we'd have liked to have seen 
> (aerial imagery, for example) but on balance this is a great result IMO 
> - and one that wouldn't have happened without OSM.
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> Suggest follow-ups to talk-gb.
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> cheers
> Richard
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