OS mapping data: a new landscape unfolds

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Wed, 11/18/2009 - 14:15

Landmark proposal on OS mapping and postcode area information is victory for Free Our Data campaign

The Free Our Data campaign has scored a major victory, with the announcement by the government that it intends to make Ordnance Survey maps free for use online by any organisation – including commercial ones – at resolutions more detailed than commercial 1:25,000 Landranger maps from April next year.

The announcement of the opening of a consultation on the plan by Gordon Brown...


 

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