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 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
