[Talk-GB] Licences for Highways and PRoW data (Was: C roads again)

[Lester Caine]

On 13/08/14 15:40, Andy Robinson wrote:
> The NSG is a closed shop run by the OS and other stakeholders for the
> management of street works. When the NSG was set up a few years ago I tried
> to get access and initially during their pilot I sort of did, but this was
> cut off when the system whet fully live and access limited to the LA's and
> the statutory undertakers. The reason access was denied was apparently for
> commercial reasons, in that the statutory undertakers did not want all and
> sundry to have information on their assets.

It does replace the "List of Streets Maintainable at the Public Expense"
but I do seem to recall that since it is created as part of the NLGP
process, there was a more recent discussion on it being opened as a base
for the open address initiative?

> On 13/08/14 12:15, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote:
>> As far as street names and numbers are concerned, it is the council 
>> that is the official authority on these. They have to maintain a 
>> written "List of Streets Maintainable at the Public Expense". Again if 
>> you can persuade the council to let you re-use this under a suitable 
>> licence, then all is good.
>>
>> For more information, see 
>> http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/prow/council-docs.html
> 
> Hasn't that been superseded these days?
> 
> As part of the LLPG requirements (Local Land and Property Gazetteer)
> councils are now required to maintain the LSG Local Street Gazetteer and
> both of these then feed into the National version. The NSG is a believe part
> of 'The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991'
> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/street-works-co-ordination
> for some light reading ...

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