<div dir="ltr"><div>Government agreed to pay Ordnance Survey £20 million per annum for the OS OpenData package, including Code-Point Open. The contract is here: <a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/os_opendata_agreement_with_ordna_2#incoming-498165">https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/os_opendata_agreement_with_ordna_2#incoming-498165</a></div><div><br></div><div>I can't see any obvious reason why Royal Mail would oppose a similar arrangement for NI postcodes, if NISRA wanted to support an open data release. (Addresses are a different matter, of course.)</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 September 2016 at 22:26, Chris Hill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osm@raggedred.net" target="_blank">osm@raggedred.net</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">You would have to ask OS. As I understand it OS and RM were pressured into releasing open data by the government in a bit of a hurry. I suspect the government didn't understand the different position of NI. OS has now seemingly become a convert to open data, publicly at least.<br>
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OS had the deal sweetened with the Public Sector Mapping Agreement, but I don't know what leverage was applied to RM. Now that RM is a private company that boat has sailed IMHO.<br>
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Cheers, Chris (chillly)<br>
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On 25 September 2016 22:16:08 BST, Killyfole and District Development Association <<a href="mailto:webmaster@killyfole.org.uk" target="_blank">webmaster@killyfole.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
>How did the OS manage to release the GB postcodes? Could a similar<br>
>model be <br>
>applied/lobbied for in NI?<br>
><br>
>This has a huge impact for the residents of NI and especially those in<br>
>County <br>
>Fermanagh. We have no signage on rural roads here and even if you have<br>
>the <br>
>correct road name and number it is very difficult to find an address. <br>
>This makes <br>
>delivery of goods and services to be a nightmare to anyone not working<br>
>for <br>
>Royal Mail or local to the area.<br>
><br>
>On Sunday, 25 September 2016 22:06:25 BST Chris Hill wrote:<br>
>> GB postcodes are published under a compatible licence by the Office<br>
>of<br>
>> National Statistics. The confusion over the Codepoint Open licence<br>
>has been<br>
>> resolved as it is now released under a suitable licence too. Northern<br>
>> Ireland does not release its postcodes under any open licence.<br>
>> <br>
>> Cheers, Chris<br>
>> (osm: chillly)<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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