>>There's a transaction threshold, so not fully opendata: although I'm sure it could be gamed by a crowd!<<
Yes, a threshold on getting the data via an API, but true Open Government Licence doesn't limit the amount of data used (as far as I know) so it should be possible to build up a fill picture as open data. Mike [image: Picture] *Mike Thacker* *Porism* Tel: +44 20 7737 0263 Bon Marché Centre, 241–251 Ferndale Road, London SW9 8BJ, England <http://porism.com/>[email protected] | porism.com <http://twitter.com/MikeThacker> <http://plus.google.com/+MikeThacker> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/porism> On 13 June 2018 at 15:16, SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a transaction threshold, so not fully opendata: although I'm sure > it could be gamed by a crowd! > > Before getting overly excited, take a look at the (poorly attributed) > sample 1km sq in Exeter. Volume of data is very large with (just) > buildings, road & pavement edges, property boundaries etc. Ask what will it > improve in OSM other than precision: I suspect negligible impact on most > routing applications (as OSM uses a centre-line model, which AFAIK is in > the TIN layer of MM), mapping footpaths. On the (plus?) side lots of very > detailed buildings (but not necessarily changes from extensions), property > outlines (and perhaps this will change the status of the LR Inspire data). > > For me the single most valuable aspect will not be MM data at all, but the > removal of licence doubts/issues about other datasets: notably those of > Natural England, SNH and NRW, but also various PRoW data collected by Barry > Cornelius. > > Jerry > > On 13 June 2018 at 14:56, Jon Stockill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It looks like bits of OS MasterMap are being released under OGL. >> >> https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/ >> system/uploads/attachment_data/file/716023/OSMM_narrative.pdf >> >> This could be interesting! >> >> -- >> Jon Stockill >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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