[OSM-talk-nl] Fwd: Land ownership site - a glimpse of the future?

[Stefan de Konink]

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Hi all,

I've just stumbled across this site, which shows where the council
owns land in one particular council:

http://whoownsmyneighbourhood.org.uk

I'm intrigued by this because I've definitely had conversations about
a site like this over the years, possibly with Francis Irving, and
definitely with Stefan de Konink, a dutch hacker I met a few months
ago.

Can you imagine how great it would be if that map extended to the
whole country, and showed the land registry information for every last
piece of land? I reckon many people's view of where power really lies
in our country would shift quite a bit for the better (as well as
being a handy tool for people working out where to buy or build
stuff).

I'm CCing in the international transparency-tech list to ask them if
they've ever seen anything like it elsewhere - I reckon this is an
idea that should be talked about more.

In the meantime, I guess I should say well done to Thumbprint
Co-Operative, Kirklees Council and Nesta for giving us a tiny glimpse
of (a possible) future.

Tom

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