Government agreed to pay Ordnance Survey £20 million per annum for the OS OpenData package, including Code-Point Open. The contract is here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/os_opendata_agreement_with_ordna_2#incoming-498165
I can't see any obvious reason why Royal Mail would oppose a similar arrangement for NI postcodes, if NISRA wanted to support an open data release. (Addresses are a different matter, of course.) Owen On 25 September 2016 at 22:26, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: You would have to ask OS. As I understand it OS and RM were pressured into > releasing open data by the government in a bit of a hurry. I suspect the > government didn't understand the different position of NI. OS has now > seemingly become a convert to open data, publicly at least. > > OS had the deal sweetened with the Public Sector Mapping Agreement, but I > don't know what leverage was applied to RM. Now that RM is a private > company that boat has sailed IMHO. > > Cheers, Chris (chillly) > > On 25 September 2016 22:16:08 BST, Killyfole and District Development > Association <webmas...@killyfole.org.uk> wrote: > >How did the OS manage to release the GB postcodes? Could a similar > >model be > >applied/lobbied for in NI? > > > >This has a huge impact for the residents of NI and especially those in > >County > >Fermanagh. We have no signage on rural roads here and even if you have > >the > >correct road name and number it is very difficult to find an address. > >This makes > >delivery of goods and services to be a nightmare to anyone not working > >for > >Royal Mail or local to the area. > > > >On Sunday, 25 September 2016 22:06:25 BST Chris Hill wrote: > >> GB postcodes are published under a compatible licence by the Office > >of > >> National Statistics. The confusion over the Codepoint Open licence > >has been > >> resolved as it is now released under a suitable licence too. Northern > >> Ireland does not release its postcodes under any open licence. > >> > >> Cheers, Chris > >> (osm: chillly) > > -- > Cheers, Chris (chillly) > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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