[Talk-GB] help on downloading from data.gov data

[Gareth L]

> On 28 Sep 2021, at 10:52, David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk> wrote:
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> On 28/09/2021 08:17, Jez Nicholson wrote:
>> Ironic that the Government departments think they are making data easily accessible by publishing WMS/WFS feeds.
> 
> Isn't that essentially what OSM does?  It uses its own proprietary feed format, rather than WFS, but it certainly doesn't provide pre-selected extracts for each town or each feature type.
Re: selected extracts for each town or feature type.

There’s been a little bit of consideration of if providing snapshots of this type through OSMUK to see if it would be beneficial in promoting use of OSM.

E.g. a sample snapshot showcasing an area/feature in an easily accessible form, and then directions on how to go and do it themselves.

I don’t know if this is much of a barrier to use of OSM data though. Any thoughts?

Gareth