[Talk-GB] Natural England release data under Open Government License

rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com
Sun Apr 22 10:49:29 BST 2012


Hi All,
I spotted this by chance and doesn't look like it has been notified on this  
mailing list yet:

Natural England (formally the Countryside Agency) has released GI data  
under the Open Gov License (OGL) on April 1st 2012. The notification can be  
viewed on their website:

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/publications/data/gidatasetsfeature.aspx

I haven't yet looked at the specifics of the data but there appears to be  
quite a lot of different categories available including:

* National Trails
* Open Access Areas (CROW Act)
* Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
* Ancient Woodlands
* Lots of landcover types

I guess there are a few steps/questions:

Q1. Is any of this data useful for OSM?

Q2. Is the data in good form?

Q3. If yes to 1 & 2, how best should we go about adding it to OSM (auto  
import or providing a tool to visualise the data)?

Q4. What pages may need updating on the wiki?
A4. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources#Natural_England
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Long_Distance_Paths
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_%28UK%29


Cheers,
RobJN
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