On 01/08/2020 20:24, Nick wrote:
As a follow up, Robert Whittaker also submitted an FOI asking for "... a
list of all UPRNs that are classified as 'historic', and a separate list
of all those classified as a 'parent' ....". the logicto me was that
this would help users of Open Data to then filter these out. The
response that this was "exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the
FOIA" - if you are interested follow the link to
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/lists_of_historic_and_parent_upr
In another move, the Environment Agency flood risk website no longer
allows you to link directly to a property by UPRN. You used to be able
to construct a link in this format:
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/long-term-flood-risk/risk?address=[uprn]
But that no longer works. Now, you have to search by postcode, and when
you select an address the site then sets a cookie which determines which
property details you will be shown. And, checking the source of the
postcode page, it no longer has the UPRN as a variable for each
property. Instead, it's a simple sequential number. For example, if
there are ten properties in a postcode, then the variables will be
numbered 0 to 9.
I'm pretty certain this is deliberate, in order to stop people using
their site as a way to look up addresses from a UPRN. And I suspect it's
part of the same attempts by GeoPlace to deliberately minimise the
utility of the Open UPRN database.
Mark
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