Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Brian Prangle
I'd agree with Rob's logic and extend it to show one of three results:
postcode missing or postcode incomplete or postcode incorrect. We have
loads of addresses with only the first group in place e.g B27 and I'm sure
when we were using codepoint( before we knew it was dodgy
in licensing terms) we chose the wrong break point in address runs.  We
currently have 61272 addresses in the W Mids and 44164 have postcodes.

regards

Brian

On 30 August 2012 18:35, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:


 == Matt wrote ==

 This does indeed seem like a very useful data source. Great find!

 However, I'm struggling to think of a nice way of visualising it to
 make it useful. What I've got so far in my mind is:
  - Take an entry from the list
  - Take its postcode
  - Search for the postcode (I've got a curated list of postcodes as
 part of my PostCodeFinder [1])
  - Get the location of the nearest match (hopefully, we'll find at
 least a CV4-type segment match)
  - Search for roads within an x mile radius with a matching name
  - Associate that entry with that road

 == End Message ==

 Hi Matt,
 I was actually thinking the other way round. That is:

 Pull in a list of building with addresses but no postcode in OSM (with their 
 way IDs) and see if any match up with the Land Registry addresses. This way 
 we can add postcode to buildings rather than just to the roads.

 Not sure if this is any easier/harder to do.

 Regards,
 Rob



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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Andy Robinson
In the meantime I'm just downloading the files and filtering in spreadsheet
for my patch (Sutton Coldfield) and then checking/adding postcode data for
the handful of addresses it contains for each month. Though this only really
works if you have the majority of your building addressing done for an area.

 

As I'm now adding some postcode data from this source I've added the
required attribution to
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#United_Kingdom

 

Incidentally, what do folks feel about adding any of the other data from the
dataset?:

. the full address of the property (Primary addressable object name
(PAON), Secondary addressable object name (SAON), street, postcode, locality
(if available), town, district, county)

. the price paid for the property

. the date of transfer

. the property type (Detached, Semi, Terraced, Flat/Maisonette)

. whether the property is new build or not

. whether the property is freehold or leasehold.

 

Cheers

Andy

 

From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 31 August 2012 08:27
To: Rob Nickerson; talk-gb-westmidlands
Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data
source

 

I'd agree with Rob's logic and extend it to show one of three results:
postcode missing or postcode incomplete or postcode incorrect. We have loads
of addresses with only the first group in place e.g B27 and I'm sure when we
were using codepoint( before we knew it was dodgy in licensing terms) we
chose the wrong break point in address runs.  We currently have 61272
addresses in the W Mids and 44164 have postcodes.

 

regards

 

Brian

On 30 August 2012 18:35, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:


== Matt wrote ==

This does indeed seem like a very useful data source. Great find!
 
However, I'm struggling to think of a nice way of visualising it to
make it useful. What I've got so far in my mind is:
 - Take an entry from the list
 - Take its postcode
 - Search for the postcode (I've got a curated list of postcodes as
part of my PostCodeFinder [1])
 - Get the location of the nearest match (hopefully, we'll find at
least a CV4-type segment match)
 - Search for roads within an x mile radius with a matching name
 - Associate that entry with that road

== End Message ==

Hi Matt, 
I was actually thinking the other way round. That is:

Pull in a list of building with addresses but no postcode in OSM (with their
way IDs) and see if any match up with the Land Registry addresses. This way
we can add postcode to buildings rather than just to the roads.


 

Not sure if this is any easier/harder to do.

Regards,
Rob



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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Big Fat Frog

Have I missed something?  What datasource are you referring to here?

Jonathan

On 31/08/2012 09:44, Andy Robinson wrote:

In the meantime I’m just downloading the files and filtering in
spreadsheet for my patch (Sutton Coldfield) and then checking/adding
postcode data for the handful of addresses it contains for each month.
Though this only really works if you have the majority of your building
addressing done for an area.

As I’m now adding some postcode data from this source I’ve added the
required attribution to
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#United_Kingdom

Incidentally, what do folks feel about adding any of the other data from
the dataset?:

·the full address of the property (Primary addressable object name
(PAON), Secondary addressable object name (SAON), street, postcode,
locality (if available), town, district, county)

·the price paid for the property

·the date of transfer

·the property type (Detached, Semi, Terraced, Flat/Maisonette)

·whether the property is new build or not

·whether the property is freehold or leasehold.

Cheers

Andy

*From:*Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* 31 August 2012 08:27
*To:* Rob Nickerson; talk-gb-westmidlands
*Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential
data source

I'd agree with Rob's logic and extend it to show one of three results:
postcode missing or postcode incomplete or postcode incorrect. We have
loads of addresses with only the first group in place e.g B27 and I'm
sure when we were using codepoint( before we knew it was dodgy
in licensing terms) we chose the wrong break point in address runs.  We
currently have 61272 addresses in the W Mids and 44164 have postcodes.

regards

Brian

On 30 August 2012 18:35, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com
mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:


== Matt wrote ==

This does indeed seem like a very useful data source. Great find!



However, I'm struggling to think of a nice way of visualising it to

make it useful. What I've got so far in my mind is:

  - Take an entry from the list

  - Take its postcode

  - Search for the postcode (I've got a curated list of postcodes as

part of my PostCodeFinder [1])

  - Get the location of the nearest match (hopefully, we'll find at

least a CV4-type segment match)

  - Search for roads within an x mile radius with a matching name

  - Associate that entry with that road

== End Message ==

Hi Matt,
I was actually thinking the other way round. That is:

Pull in a list of building with addresses but no postcode in OSM (with their 
way IDs) and see if any match up with the Land Registry addresses. This way we 
can add postcode to buildings rather than just to the roads.




Not sure if this is any easier/harder to do.

Regards,
Rob



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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Andy Robinson
http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/public/information/public-data/price-paid-dat
a


 -Original Message-
 From: Big Fat Frog [mailto:bigfatfro...@gmail.com]
 Sent: 31 August 2012 10:11
 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org
 Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential
data
 source
 
 Have I missed something?  What datasource are you referring to here?
 
 Jonathan
 
 On 31/08/2012 09:44, Andy Robinson wrote:
  In the meantime I'm just downloading the files and filtering in
  spreadsheet for my patch (Sutton Coldfield) and then checking/adding
  postcode data for the handful of addresses it contains for each month.
  Though this only really works if you have the majority of your
  building addressing done for an area.
 
  As I'm now adding some postcode data from this source I've added the
  required attribution to
  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#United_Kingdom
 
  Incidentally, what do folks feel about adding any of the other data
  from the dataset?:
 
  .the full address of the property (Primary addressable object name
  (PAON), Secondary addressable object name (SAON), street, postcode,
  locality (if available), town, district, county)
 
  .the price paid for the property
 
  .the date of transfer
 
  .the property type (Detached, Semi, Terraced, Flat/Maisonette)
 
  .whether the property is new build or not
 
  .whether the property is freehold or leasehold.
 
  Cheers
 
  Andy
 
  *From:*Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com]
  *Sent:* 31 August 2012 08:27
  *To:* Rob Nickerson; talk-gb-westmidlands
  *Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes -
  Potential data source
 
  I'd agree with Rob's logic and extend it to show one of three results:
  postcode missing or postcode incomplete or postcode incorrect. We have
  loads of addresses with only the first group in place e.g B27 and I'm
  sure when we were using codepoint( before we knew it was dodgy in
  licensing terms) we chose the wrong break point in address runs.  We
  currently have 61272 addresses in the W Mids and 44164 have postcodes.
 
  regards
 
  Brian
 
  On 30 August 2012 18:35, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com
  mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 
  == Matt wrote ==
 
  This does indeed seem like a very useful data source. Great find!
 
 
 
  However, I'm struggling to think of a nice way of visualising it to
 
  make it useful. What I've got so far in my mind is:
 
- Take an entry from the list
 
- Take its postcode
 
- Search for the postcode (I've got a curated list of postcodes as
 
  part of my PostCodeFinder [1])
 
- Get the location of the nearest match (hopefully, we'll find at
 
  least a CV4-type segment match)
 
- Search for roads within an x mile radius with a matching name
 
- Associate that entry with that road
 
  == End Message ==
 
  Hi Matt,
  I was actually thinking the other way round. That is:
 
  Pull in a list of building with addresses but no postcode in OSM (with
their
 way IDs) and see if any match up with the Land Registry addresses. This
way
 we can add postcode to buildings rather than just to the roads.
 
 
 
 
  Not sure if this is any easier/harder to do.
 
  Regards,
  Rob
 
 
 
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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Andrew Mackenzie
Hi all
there is another approach, which is to download the data for all companies in 
the UK from Companies House. This became available as free public data in July.
The full address and postcode is there along with a URI (not the same as the 
company number).
I prefer this approach to private house sales because
- companies want to be found
- there isn't a privacy issue from address being matched to other data to 
identify individuals  (although that will happen)
- OSM has less complete business listings than Google maps. For SMEs the 
company address and business premises will often be the same.
- connecting OSM location data with Open Corporates http://opencorporates.com/ 
would enhance both services.

The data is listed alphabetically.  Would be useful to group them 
geographically and extract the West Midlands addresses. It's not difficult to 
extract the column for URIs, which gives the link to the Companies House web 
page for the company.
Download the data from http://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html

Andrew

On 31 Aug 2012, at 10:48, Andy Robinson wrote:

 http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/public/information/public-data/price-paid-dat
 a
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Big Fat Frog [mailto:bigfatfro...@gmail.com]
 Sent: 31 August 2012 10:11
 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org
 Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential
 data
 source
 
 Have I missed something?  What datasource are you referring to here?
 
 Jonathan
 
 On 31/08/2012 09:44, Andy Robinson wrote:
 In the meantime I'm just downloading the files and filtering in
 spreadsheet for my patch (Sutton Coldfield) and then checking/adding
 postcode data for the handful of addresses it contains for each month.
 Though this only really works if you have the majority of your
 building addressing done for an area.
 
 As I'm now adding some postcode data from this source I've added the
 required attribution to
 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#United_Kingdom
 
 Incidentally, what do folks feel about adding any of the other data
 from the dataset?:
 
 .the full address of the property (Primary addressable object name
 (PAON), Secondary addressable object name (SAON), street, postcode,
 locality (if available), town, district, county)
 
 .the price paid for the property
 
 .the date of transfer
 
 .the property type (Detached, Semi, Terraced, Flat/Maisonette)
 
 .whether the property is new build or not
 
 .whether the property is freehold or leasehold.
 
 Cheers
 
 Andy
 
 *From:*Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com]
 *Sent:* 31 August 2012 08:27
 *To:* Rob Nickerson; talk-gb-westmidlands
 *Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes -
 Potential data source
 
 I'd agree with Rob's logic and extend it to show one of three results:
 postcode missing or postcode incomplete or postcode incorrect. We have
 loads of addresses with only the first group in place e.g B27 and I'm
 sure when we were using codepoint( before we knew it was dodgy in
 licensing terms) we chose the wrong break point in address runs.  We
 currently have 61272 addresses in the W Mids and 44164 have postcodes.
 
 regards
 
 Brian
 
 On 30 August 2012 18:35, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com
 mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 
 == Matt wrote ==
 
 This does indeed seem like a very useful data source. Great find!
 
 
 
 However, I'm struggling to think of a nice way of visualising it to
 
 make it useful. What I've got so far in my mind is:
 
  - Take an entry from the list
 
  - Take its postcode
 
  - Search for the postcode (I've got a curated list of postcodes as
 
 part of my PostCodeFinder [1])
 
  - Get the location of the nearest match (hopefully, we'll find at
 
 least a CV4-type segment match)
 
  - Search for roads within an x mile radius with a matching name
 
  - Associate that entry with that road
 
 == End Message ==
 
 Hi Matt,
 I was actually thinking the other way round. That is:
 
 Pull in a list of building with addresses but no postcode in OSM (with
 their
 way IDs) and see if any match up with the Land Registry addresses. This
 way
 we can add postcode to buildings rather than just to the roads.
 
 
 
 
 Not sure if this is any easier/harder to do.
 
 Regards,
 Rob
 
 
 
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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Ed Loach
I’ve just downloaded this. It looks like it contains Registered
Office address which isn’t necessarily the same as the business
(trading) address – for example where I used to work in Pattingham
used to have a registered office in Dudley (the accountants address,
I understand), and having just checked their entry this is still the
case (the business address is now in Bridgnorth, but the registered
office is still in Dudley).

 

It doesn’t stop the source being used for checking postcodes to
addresses, but I’d be careful about extracting any other information
from it.

 

Ed

 

From: Andrew Mackenzie [mailto:a.macken...@bethere.co.uk] 
Sent: 31 August 2012 11:13
To: Andy Robinson
Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes -
Potential data source

 

Hi all

there is another approach, which is to download the data for all
companies in the UK from Companies House. This became available as
free public data in July.

The full address and postcode is there along with a URI (not the
same as the company number).

I prefer this approach to private house sales because

- companies want to be found

- there isn't a privacy issue from address being matched to other
data to identify individuals  (although that will happen)

- OSM has less complete business listings than Google maps. For SMEs
the company address and business premises will often be the same.

- connecting OSM location data with Open Corporates
http://opencorporates.com/ would enhance both services.

 

The data is listed alphabetically.  Would be useful to group them
geographically and extract the West Midlands addresses. It's not
difficult to extract the column for URIs, which gives the link to
the Companies House web page for the company.

Download the data from
http://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html

 

Andrew

 

On 31 Aug 2012, at 10:48, Andy Robinson wrote:





http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/public/information/public-data/price-
paid-dat
a





-Original Message-

From: Big Fat Frog [mailto:bigfatfro...@gmail.com]

Sent: 31 August 2012 10:11

To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes -
Potential

data



source

 

Have I missed something?  What datasource are you referring to here?

 

Jonathan

 

On 31/08/2012 09:44, Andy Robinson wrote:

In the meantime I'm just downloading the files and filtering in

spreadsheet for my patch (Sutton Coldfield) and then checking/adding

postcode data for the handful of addresses it contains for each
month.

Though this only really works if you have the majority of your

building addressing done for an area.

 

As I'm now adding some postcode data from this source I've added the

required attribution to

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#United_Kingdom

 

Incidentally, what do folks feel about adding any of the other data

from the dataset?:

 

.the full address of the property (Primary addressable object name

(PAON), Secondary addressable object name (SAON), street, postcode,

locality (if available), town, district, county)

 

.the price paid for the property

 

.the date of transfer

 

.the property type (Detached, Semi, Terraced, Flat/Maisonette)

 

.whether the property is new build or not

 

.whether the property is freehold or leasehold.

 

Cheers

 

Andy

 

*From:*Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com]

*Sent:* 31 August 2012 08:27

*To:* Rob Nickerson; talk-gb-westmidlands

*Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes -

Potential data source

 

I'd agree with Rob's logic and extend it to show one of three
results:

postcode missing or postcode incomplete or postcode incorrect. We
have

loads of addresses with only the first group in place e.g B27 and
I'm

sure when we were using codepoint( before we knew it was dodgy in

licensing terms) we chose the wrong break point in address runs.  We

currently have 61272 addresses in the W Mids and 44164 have
postcodes.

 

regards

 

Brian

 

On 30 August 2012 18:35, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com

mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:

 

 

== Matt wrote ==

 

This does indeed seem like a very useful data source. Great find!

 

 

 

However, I'm struggling to think of a nice way of visualising it to

 

make it useful. What I've got so far in my mind is:

 

 - Take an entry from the list

 

 - Take its postcode

 

 - Search for the postcode (I've got a curated list of postcodes as

 

part of my PostCodeFinder [1])

 

 - Get the location of the nearest match (hopefully, we'll find at

 

least a CV4-type segment match)

 

 - Search for roads within an x mile radius with a matching name

 

 - Associate that entry with that road

 

== End Message ==

 

Hi Matt,

I was actually thinking the other way round. That is:

 

Pull in a list of building with addresses but no postcode in OSM
(with

their



way IDs) and see if any match up with the Land 

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Matt Williams
On 31 August 2012 12:26, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:

 The other problem with the Companies House data is that there is no clear
 statement of the licence other than free. Come on CH please be more
 specific!

Indeed. It looks like it could be another quite useful source of
postcode and address data but we need to know the license. Does anyone
know who is best to ask?

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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Andrew Mackenzie
Hi all
The reply I have from Companies House about the license and re-use below.
I have said we take the key clause to be 
Companies House imposes no rules or requirements on how the information on the 
public register is used.
but that it lacks clarity and
- should be posted on the download or FAQ page
- should be under the Open Government License for database rights.

 The snapshot is not provided under any license (you asked if it was provided 
under the Open Government License). This is explained on our website (see 
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/ifts.shtml )

b) Material on the public register 

With the exception of a small category of material which is exempt from 
statutory disclosure requirements, the Registrar is required by law to make the 
information comprised in documents sent to him available for public inspection. 
Information on the public register is made available by virtue of approvals 
issued by the Registrar in accordance with section 47 of the Copyright, Designs 
and Patents Act 1988 and Schedule 1 of the Database Regulations (SI 1997/3032). 
Companies House imposes no rules or requirements on how the information on the 
public register is used.

Andrew
On 31 Aug 2012, at 15:06, Matt Williams wrote:

 On 31 August 2012 12:26, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 The other problem with the Companies House data is that there is no clear
 statement of the licence other than free. Come on CH please be more
 specific!
 
 Indeed. It looks like it could be another quite useful source of
 postcode and address data but we need to know the license. Does anyone
 know who is best to ask?
 
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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
I think that translates to Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) then?


On 31 August 2012 16:38, Andrew Mackenzie a.macken...@bethere.co.uk wrote:

 Hi all
 The reply I have from Companies House about the license and re-use below.
 I have said we take the key clause to be
 Companies House imposes no rules or requirements on how the information
 on the public register is used.
 but that it lacks clarity and
 - should be posted on the download or FAQ page
 - should be under the Open Government License for database rights.

  The snapshot is not provided under any license (you asked if it was
 provided under the Open Government License). This is explained on our
 website (see http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/ifts.shtml )

 b) Material on the public register

 With the exception of a small category of material which is exempt from
 statutory disclosure requirements, the Registrar is required by law to make
 the information comprised in documents sent to him available for public
 inspection. Information on the public register is made available by virtue
 of approvals issued by the Registrar in accordance with section 47 of the
 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and Schedule 1 of the Database
 Regulations (SI 1997/3032). Companies House imposes no rules or
 requirements on how the information on the public register is used.

 Andrew
 On 31 Aug 2012, at 15:06, Matt Williams wrote:

 On 31 August 2012 12:26, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:


 The other problem with the Companies House data is that there is no clear

 statement of the licence other than free. Come on CH please be more

 specific!


 Indeed. It looks like it could be another quite useful source of
 postcode and address data but we need to know the license. Does anyone
 know who is best to ask?

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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Matt Williams
On 31 August 2012 16:50, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:

 I think that translates to Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) then?

Probably, but I wouldn't feel comfortable using the data without an
explicit set of license terms. Unless they have done and I just don't
understand their terminology.

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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Andy Robinson
Not everyone considers a licence of any sort a requirement. It's just us
that expects one or argues otherwise it might be public domain. I recall
when I first came to OSM not understanding why a licence was required at all
(because I'm used to contracts where the terms are explicit and OSM does not
form contract. Little did I know about software!)

What Companies House does make clear is that although data in the register
may likely be subject to third party copyright (where the information has
been provided to them and not generated by them and thus Crown Copyright)
Companies House imposes no rules or requirements on how the information on
the public register is used. That's a pretty clear statement about data in
the public register.

For everything else that they produce Crown Copyright applies but again
provided the normal restrictions regarding Crown Copyright are adhered to
then regarding reuse it again states It places no restriction on how the
information is used after purchase other than the following which only
raises the question to me about data that is not sold but supplied free of
charge.

Cheers
Andy

 -Original Message-
 From: Matt Williams [mailto:m...@milliams.com]
 Sent: 31 August 2012 17:00
 To: talk-gb-westmidlands
 Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source
 
 On 31 August 2012 16:50, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com
 wrote:
 
  I think that translates to Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
 then?
 
 Probably, but I wouldn't feel comfortable using the data without an
explicit
 set of license terms. Unless they have done and I just don't understand
their
 terminology.
 
 Matt
 
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