Just to emphasise that the output from your script is not suitable for use in OSM - the osg.scot license forbids it.
Russ On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 23:17, Nick <n...@foresters.org> wrote: > > Hi Peter > > re: "I am still not clear how best to use the data available" - I have > written a simple bit of VBA that enables address data to be retrieved for a > given UPRN (I attach the VBA used in a form for Excel) - this only works for > Scotland but may be available elsewhere. Using the concept you can use Python > (a friend has done some preliminary work) or similar. This is not elegant but > is perhaps a first step in enabling a whole lot of development? > > Cheers > > Nick > > > On 02/07/2020 18:38, Peter Neale via Talk-GB wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > Many thanks for producing that map. > > I was able to look at my street and see a blue pin in each of the building > outlines that I had mapped from aerial imagery, so that gave me a warm, smug > feeling :) > > I too noticed some not-yet-there properties in a nearby development that had > UPRNs assigned - Not a problem really (IMHO). There is also one allocated to > a pond near me; I didn't know that was "addressable"! > > However, I am still not clear how best to use the data available, if you > can't use it to look up the address of the property. Similarly, I am not > sure how a data consumer could use the data, if we laboriously edited every > property in OSM to include a "ref:GB:UPRN=" tag (or similar; other tags are > available.....). > > Sorry not to be able to contribute something more useful... :( > > Regards, > Peter > > > > On Thursday, 2 July 2020, 17:40:51 BST, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) > <robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm not completely sure if/how we can best make use of the new OS > OpenData (UPRNs, USRNs and related links) in OpenStreetMap, but as a > first step I've set up a quick slippy map with the UPRN locations > shown: > > https://osm.mathmos.net/addresses/uprn/ (zoom in to level 16 to show the data) > > The UPRN dataset literally just contains the UPRN number and its > coordinates (both OS National Grid and WGS lat/lon). There are some > additional linking datasets that link these ids to other ids (e.g. > USRNs, TOIDs). But no address information is available directly. (You > may be able to get street names by matching to OS Open Roads via TOIDs > though. Coupled with Code-Point Open, you might be able to assign > quite a few postcodes in cases where there's only one unit for a whole > street.) > > The UPRN data has already helped me find a mapping error I made > locally though -- it looks like I'd accidentally missed drawing a > house outline from aerial imagery, and also classified a large garage > a few doors down as a house. The two errors cancelled out when the > houses were numbered sequentially, so I didn't notice until now. Today > though I spotted a UPRN marker over some blank space on the map, and > no marker over the mapped house that's probably a garage. > > Now a few initial thoughts on the data that I've explored so far: > > I believe that the UPRNs are assigned by local authorities, so > conventions may vary from place to place. I don't know who actually > assigns the coordinates (authority or OS). Looking at those for rows > of houses around me, they don't seem to have been automatically given > coordinates from the house footprint, it looks more like someone > manually clicking on a map. > > The UPRN dataset should include all addressable properties. It is also > ahead of reality in some places, as it includes locations for houses > on a new development near me that have yet to be built yet. For blocks > of apartments/flats, the UPRN nodes may all have the same coordinates > or may be displaced from each other, possibly in an artificial manner. > > Other objects also appear to have UPRNs. Likely things I've noticed so > far include: car parks, post boxes, telephone boxes (even after > they've been removed), electricity sub-stations, roads and recorded > footpaths (the UPRN locations seem to be at one end of the street, so > usually lie at a junction), recreation grounds / play areas, > floodlight poles (around sports pitches), and allotments. There's no > information about the object type in the UPRN data unfortunately. > > Anyway, I hope some of this is useful / interesting. I hope to be on > the OSMUK call on Saturday to discuss things further. Best wishes, > > Robert. > > -- > Robert Whittaker > https://osm.mathmos.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
