[OSM-talk] Google Maps comparison

[Tom Hughes]

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        Andy Robinson <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> If we want the definitive list/spelling we need access to the NSG (National
> Street Gazetteer) but that alas is tightly controlled, not open to the
> public and managed by the OS. On a local authority basis perhaps we can
> obtain the list of adopted highways that they maintain. Because the LA has a
> responsibility to maintain a street register for local property search
> reasons maybe these lists are available to us, either voluntarily or via a
> FOI request. Has anyone had any luck with such a request?

Hertfordshire have it on the web:

  http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/gazetteer/

There is no indication of what they consider the copyright status
of it to be though.

Tom

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