[Talk-GB] BIS report on open national address data

Dan S danstowell+osm at gmail.com
Thu Feb 13 14:57:22 UTC 2014


Nice to see the recommendation. I guess from an OSM point of view, one
of the most important responses to make would be to ensure that the
basic free product is truly OGL, free of any more restricted content
(e.g. OSOGL) that could hold back beneficial uses of the data?

Dan


2014-02-13 13:35 GMT+00:00 Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk>:
> Spotted this today and thought it would be interesting from an OSM perspective:
>
> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-open-national-address-gazetteer
>
> "There have been long standing calls for the government to treat
> address data as a national asset that is free to use and re-use.
> People argue that the wider economic and social benefits are likely to
> far outweigh the costs, while recognising that there are quality,
> maintenance, commercial, legal and financial issues to be resolved."
>
> "This review analyses current products and considers of user
> requirements and options for open addresses. It is based on open data
> principles that public information should be accessible and freely
> available to the widest number of government and non-government
> organisations. It looks at current address products and market
> structures. The review also considers the potential for efficiencies
> and cost savings in current practice."
>
> Executive summary:
>
> "UK society relies heavily on address data and current products have
> helped greatly to create benefit. The review has determined that Open
> usage would result in substantial and valuable growth among new user
> types and with even greater community benefit. The recommendation is
> that a basic address product should be free to all users at the point
> of use under the Open Government Licence while premium versions would
> still be sold, leaving current production and maintenance roles much
> as they are today."
>
> They're looking for comments and responses.
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
>   andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
>
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