Interesting, and a big document. Just loved this example on the last page: "GRIAMACHARRY, KINBRACE, KW11 6UB", the place furthest from its postcode centroid (8 km)
Yesterday, the Scottish Affairs Select Committee took evidence relating to Land Reform: but there was plenty of interesting and passionate advocacy for open data relating to addresses, cadastral parcels etc: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/scottish-affairs-committee/news/land-reform-four/(on UK Parliament TV somewhere too). On 13 February 2014 13:35, Andrew Gray <andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk> wrote: > Spotted this today and thought it would be interesting from an OSM > perspective: > > > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-open-national-address-gazetteer > > "There have been long standing calls for the government to treat > address data as a national asset that is free to use and re-use. > People argue that the wider economic and social benefits are likely to > far outweigh the costs, while recognising that there are quality, > maintenance, commercial, legal and financial issues to be resolved." > > "This review analyses current products and considers of user > requirements and options for open addresses. It is based on open data > principles that public information should be accessible and freely > available to the widest number of government and non-government > organisations. It looks at current address products and market > structures. The review also considers the potential for efficiencies > and cost savings in current practice." > > Executive summary: > > "UK society relies heavily on address data and current products have > helped greatly to create benefit. The review has determined that Open > usage would result in substantial and valuable growth among new user > types and with even greater community benefit. The recommendation is > that a basic address product should be free to all users at the point > of use under the Open Government Licence while premium versions would > still be sold, leaving current production and maintenance roles much > as they are today." > > They're looking for comments and responses. > > -- > - Andrew Gray > andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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