<div dir="ltr">Thanks very much Rob.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 at 18:14, Rob Nickerson <<a href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>I worked on getting the Cadastral Parcel layer online so can shed some light on what we mean by "perfectly aligned".</div><div><br></div><div>Firstly what it is not. It is not a statement about the accuracy of land boundaries. As others have pointed out, determining the precise point of land ownership is complex and Land Registry don't claim that this is what their data shows. As Tom notes the Land Registry describe it as a "general position of the boundaries".</div><div><br></div><div>So what do we mean by "perfectly aligned"? The answer is in two parts, but the starting assumption is that the Ordnance Survey use the right alignment. If you don't agree with that assumption then you can stop reading!<br><br>Part 1: Show that the INSPIRE data aligns to OS data<br>For this we tested the INSPIRE data against other OS data including OS Open Data (e.g. the OS Open Greenspace data). The data aligns. I've had someone subsequently confirm it also aligns to OS MM.<br><br>Part 2: Show that we are transforming the data accurately <br>The INSPIRE data (and other OS Open Data) uses the OS National Grid map projection. To use the layer in the OSM editors we therefore need to transform the data to a different projection. This is where the OSM community (and especially Adrian) helped us. Once we thought we had it correctly set up we tested several points in an OS online tool to confirm that the transform was in deed correct and as per the OS recommended method. These tests passed with exact matches.</div><div><br></div><div>Given these two things, plus the fact that the data is GB wide, we feel it is a good source to align all of our mapping and imagery layers to.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. As other have noted, if you try to open the source data in JOSM you will get a different result. This is because JOSM fails on part 2 above. JOSM has the wrong in built transformation.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards and happy mapping,<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Rob</b></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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