[Talk-GB] New OS Open Data Release?

[Dave F]

As so often with open data sources, the actual data isn't accurate or 
detailed enough to be useful to OSM.

I believe Richard F. already uses OSM data to determine urban areas for 
his cycle travel router.

DaveF

On 08/12/2022 18:33, Steve Doerr wrote:
>
> Thanks, Owen.
>
> Having downloaded the data and looked at my local area, the boundaries 
> mapped seem to be based on grid squares, so not really the type of 
> data we'd be interested in:
>
> -- 
> Steve
>
>
> On 08/12/2022 18:11, Owen Boswarva wrote:
>> Yes, that is a new Ordnance Survey open data product. There is also 
>> an ONS boundary dataset, Built-up Areas (2022), released yesterday: 
>> https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/ons::built-up-areas-2022-gb-bgg/about
>>
>> The ONS dataset contains the same area boundaries as OS Open Built Up 
>> Areas, with some different attribute data.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 at 18:03, Steve Doerr <doerr.stephen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     I don't think I've noticed this dataset before:
>>     https://osdatahub.os.uk/downloads/open/BuiltUpAreas
>>
>>     Not something we've directly tried to map in OSM, though perhaps
>>     in the
>>     early days landuse=residential|commercial|industrial was intended
>>     to be
>>     the same thing with slightly more granularity. Interesting that they
>>     actually include 'unique names'. I haven't downloaded the data to
>>     look
>>     at it, but I wonder if there's any use at all that could be made
>>     of it
>>     in OSM?
>>
>>     -- 
>>
>>     Steve
>>
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