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Ordnance Survey releases mapping tool
- joosters 12y agoMore information here: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/news/2015/four-new-os-open-data-products.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/news/2015/four-new-os-... With the data sources here: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.h... TBH I'm not too sure what is new and what isn't here, I'm sure I've used a mapping app that was based on the OS Open Map data. But the OS Open Names is not something that I've heard of before.
- estefan 12y agoI've never looked at this before, but it seems like OS Open Names could finally let me do address->coordinates searches without a third party. I thought post code data was strictly copyrighted by the post office and you had to pay them to do that, or use a provider who has.
- Doctor_Fegg 12y agoPostcode centroid <-> lat/long has been open data since the initial OS OpenData release. However, if you want detailed polygons rather than centroids, or actual house number/name data, then this is jealously guarded by Royal F^HMail. The new "OS Open Names" dataset essentially presents the existing datasets in a uniform hierarchy. Think of it as the source data behind an autocomplete geocoder. But it still won't get you the exact lat/long for 27 High Street.
- Doctor_Fegg 12y agoEssentially this is a more detailed (less generalised) version of the open data already published by the OS. It has more accurate building outlines and all road names, whereas their earlier open vector dataset (VectorMap District) had generalised outlines and only selected road names. Good news.