2009/11/3 Seb Bacon <[email protected]>:
> 2009/11/3 Anna Powell-Smith <[email protected]>:
>>> I imagine you're right about the National Grid, given that according
>>> to the Wikipedia page is "ultimately based on data from the Boundary
>>> Commission".
>>>
>>> Let's say it is... where would I start looking in order to work out
>>> how to transform a projection from TM to STM?
>>
>> if it is TM, then maybe for your purposes it'd be easier to overlay it on an
>> openspace OS map? which will presumably already be in TM - and avoid the
>> unpleasant transformation bit altogether. unless you need something that
>> only google maps can do?
>
> Well, there's a good question.  I want a zoomable map with town and
> city names on it, and pins with labels that link through to pages on
> the main Democracy Club website.  I've never used the openspace API
> but from a brief scan, it looks like it would probably do all these
> things.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Seb
>
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As a more general question: where can you get copyleft GIS data,
shapefiles etc for the UK?

Seems a bit of a nightmare trying to get hold of say ward data or
constituencies for example.

Cheers,
Dan


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