Re: [Talk-GB] Automated Code-Point Open postcode editing (simple cases only)
On 20/07/2019 10:36, Tony Shield wrote: Hi Starting to get a little confused here - my brother lives in Northern Ireland and has a BT postcode which he has given me. Am I allowed to put into OSM? You can add the postcode to any address in OSM, if you know the full address from personal knowledge. That includes BT postcodes. What you can't do is bulk-import BT postcode centroids from a dataset. Mark ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Automated Code-Point Open postcode editing (simple cases only)
Hi Starting to get a little confused here - my brother lives in Northern Ireland and has a BT postcode which he has given me. Am I allowed to put into OSM? TonyS999 On 20/07/2019 08:02, Mark Goodge wrote: On 19/07/2019 22:36, nd...@redhazel.co.uk wrote: On 19/07/2019 20:29, Mark Goodge wrote: ONS postcode products are also OGL, so can be reused in OSM and similar. They're also more useful than Code-Point Open in that they also include lookups to a number of other government codes (such as local authority GSS codes). It also differentiates between "large user" and normal postcodes, and includes an introduction date and, where applicable, a termination date for every valid postcode. That would be very useful indeed but what is the license of these extra features? OGL alone doesn't mean anything if they qualify it with "data may contain third party IP" or similar. It's OGL apart from BT postcodes, which are mentioned separately in the licence. Their website says: "Our postcode products (derived from Code-Point® Open) are subject to the Open Government Licence." and then: "If you also use the Northern Ireland data (postcodes starting with “BT”), you need a separate licence for commercial use direct from Land and Property Services." I understand it as only the part that already exists in Code-Point Open is free, extra information may or may not be free, depending if it comes from ONS own data or other sources. The other information is OGL as that's derived from other published data that's already OGL. For example, GSS codes and their associated names. The licence page is quite clear about that: postcode lookup data is OGL apart from BT postcodes. And those are easy enough to filter out if necessary. Mark ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Automated Code-Point Open postcode editing (simple cases only)
On 19/07/2019 22:36, nd...@redhazel.co.uk wrote: On 19/07/2019 20:29, Mark Goodge wrote: ONS postcode products are also OGL, so can be reused in OSM and similar. They're also more useful than Code-Point Open in that they also include lookups to a number of other government codes (such as local authority GSS codes). It also differentiates between "large user" and normal postcodes, and includes an introduction date and, where applicable, a termination date for every valid postcode. That would be very useful indeed but what is the license of these extra features? OGL alone doesn't mean anything if they qualify it with "data may contain third party IP" or similar. It's OGL apart from BT postcodes, which are mentioned separately in the licence. Their website says: "Our postcode products (derived from Code-Point® Open) are subject to the Open Government Licence." and then: "If you also use the Northern Ireland data (postcodes starting with “BT”), you need a separate licence for commercial use direct from Land and Property Services." I understand it as only the part that already exists in Code-Point Open is free, extra information may or may not be free, depending if it comes from ONS own data or other sources. The other information is OGL as that's derived from other published data that's already OGL. For example, GSS codes and their associated names. The licence page is quite clear about that: postcode lookup data is OGL apart from BT postcodes. And those are easy enough to filter out if necessary. Mark ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
