Free Ordnance Survey Geospatial Data Available April 1

1 April 2010 Geoff Zeiss

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has announced the results of the UK Government’s consultation on making some or all of the Ordnance Survey map data freely available, at no cost and with no restrictions on re-use. From April 1, 2010, OS OpenData will be available free of charge and with licensing that permits derivative products.  OS OpenData includes small to medium scales up to 1:10 000 (for raster data), and does not include large scale products (OS MasterMap).  The OpenData suite of products includes

  • OS Street View
  • 1:50 000 Gazetteer
  • 1:250 000 Scale Colour Raster
  • OS Locator
  • Boundary-Line
  • Code-Point Open
  • Meridian 2
  • Strategi
  • MiniScale
  • OS VectorMap District (available 1 May 2010)
  • Land-Form PANORAMA

OS OpenData products will be available as hard media and on-line.  (Although it is April 1 in the UK as I type this and I can find links to OpenData on the OS web site, I haven’t been able to actually access anything to do with OpenData yet.)

INSPIRE

Interestingly, at the same time the UK Government has announced that the Ordnance Survey will be responsible for the technical delivery of the UK’s obligations under INSPIRE, which is an EU Framework Directive for open geospatial interoperability standards.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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