[Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

[Keith Sharp]

On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 12:22 +0100, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> >Does that mean there's nothing at all for countryside users in the OS 
> data being released? Or does Meridian have it?
> 
> Sorry to follow up my own post - it would appear not.
> 
> A real shame about the lack of countryside data in this free OS dataset. 
> The Meridian data doesn't really contain anything that isn't in OSM 
> already, and it's the countryside stuff, particularly things like field 
> boundaries and wood outlines, and exact courses of rights of way, that 
> would be really valuable.
> 
> Oh well, at least it still means I can continue to spend my time mapping 
> the footpaths, I guess.

While not directly of interest to OSM, I think the elevation data could
be quite useful.  Does anyone know how it compares to the SRTM data most
people currently use?

Keith.