[Talk-GB] Has someone just given us (the start of) access to the crown jewels?
Mark Goodge
mark at good-stuff.co.uk
Wed Jun 13 17:35:03 UTC 2018
On 13/06/2018 15:16, SK53 wrote:
> There's a transaction threshold, so not fully opendata: although I'm
> sure it could be gamed by a crowd!
Some of it will be fully open without a threshold, other parts will be
subject to a transaction threshold.
From an OSM perspective, the release of property extents under an
unrestricted OGL is likely to be one of the most useful. Also, as and
when they get round to it, OGLing the USRN and UPRN datasets will be
very valuable. I've been involved in lobbying government for the release
of both of those, so it's good to see it moving a step closer.
Other parts are probably less important to OSM anyway; highways,
waterways and greenspace are already pretty well covered. But property
extents will be useful as it will help map things that aren't
necessarily visible, and USRNs/UPRNs will be useful as additional node
and way tags.
Mark
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