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Global Land & Property Gazetteer (GLPG)
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Billheadington writes "Hi, so if a address is a Human Right will we need a Global Land & Property Gazetteer? (GLPG) - just don’t ask me to be the custodian! "
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Posted by DataDog on Tuesday, April 20 @ 10:45:53 BST (149 reads)
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Data Revolution to Unlock Ordnance Survey
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Internet founder Tim Berners-Lee today launched a ground breaking website designed to deliver previously guarded public data.
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Posted by DataDog on Thursday, January 21 @ 14:04:18 GMT (274 reads)
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Ordnance Survey and Land Registry Edge Towards Privatisation?
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The government have announced a proposed sale of assets in order to reduce the public debt - but where does this leave Ordnance Survey, and the Land Registry?
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Posted by DataDog on Monday, October 19 @ 11:32:47 BST (384 reads)
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New Ordnance Survey Subsidiary to Sell Data?
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The Communities and Local Government department recently announced that Ordnance Survey must make its data available to re-users.
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Posted by DataDog on Thursday, May 14 @ 12:35:00 BST (477 reads)
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Power of Information Taskforce Report
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mark writes "A government taskforce has issued a report that recommends 'urgent reform' of Ordnance Survey and quotes analysis by Cambridge University that the current licencing model is costing the UK economy millions of pounds.
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Posted by DataDog on Tuesday, February 03 @ 14:49:13 GMT (569 reads)
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Ordnance Survey to be Sold?
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A footnote in the pre-budget speech by Chancellor Darling said that Ordnance Survey was going to be 'sold'.
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Posted by DataDog on Tuesday, November 25 @ 16:17:51 GMT (723 reads)
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Historic Aerial Images of Britain go Online
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billheadington writes "Hi, you may find this interesting!
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Posted by DataDog on Friday, September 19 @ 15:22:04 BST (885 reads)
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Spatial Technology Extends UK Presence
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willduo writes "Spatial Technology of Sweden has extended its presence in the UK with the launch of Spatial Technology (UK). A well-established provider of leading edge spatial data warehouse solutions and web based geographical information systems (GIS), Spatial Technology already has a number of UK local authorities as customers and a key emergency service.
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Posted by DataDog on Monday, September 01 @ 13:30:30 BST (720 reads)
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Ordnance Survey on the Move?
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Purveyors of maps and geographical intelligence, Ordnance Survey, appear to be moving from their headquarters in Southampton...
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Posted by DataDog on Monday, July 21 @ 22:39:30 BST (814 reads)
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Northerner writes "Of course here on the datastandard website we are all GIS fans so it's nice to see the BBC embracing the use of maps on its news site.
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Posted by DataDog on Thursday, June 05 @ 11:20:41 BST (938 reads)
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No paperwork, no promises, not even any chairs. Sounds crazy? Sounds Agile...
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yabasto writes "Computers now populate nearly every aspect of our lives from our schools and business, through into hospitals and up into the highest echelons of central government. The Geospatial industry is no different. "
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Posted by DataDog on Friday, May 02 @ 13:50:45 BST (881 reads)
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Meetup for UK GIS people to discuss open source GIS
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mark writes "Received via email from Joanne Cook (Oxford Archaeology)...
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Posted by DataDog on Tuesday, April 01 @ 13:59:26 BST (719 reads)
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The NLPG: Can it be a beacon for a Successful GI Strategy for the UK?
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yabasto writes "In a world that is getting smaller through technology it could be easily argued that place does not matter – or at least not as much as it used to.
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Posted by DataDog on Wednesday, March 05 @ 09:37:47 GMT (1211 reads)
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Ordnance Survey Costs the Taxpayer... Nothing?
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RobertKimber writes "A parliamentary review into Ordnance Survey suggests they don't cost the taxpayer anything. "
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Posted by DataDog on Monday, March 03 @ 11:06:18 GMT (845 reads)
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MOD: Break up Ordnance Survey!
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Never mind the petitions to Downing Street, if you want this sorted out call in the army!
It seems the Ministry of Defence have had enough of Ordnance Survey's licence wrangling and high costs and want their data back.
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Posted by DataDog on Monday, March 03 @ 10:39:44 GMT (1425 reads)
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Aligned Assets are helping British Transport Police with their Enquiries.
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yabasto writes "Who says that size does not matter? Eight Terabytes of base mapping, aerial imagery together with over 100 million names and addresses is now available to the British Transport Police (BTP) to help with their enquiries.
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Posted by DataDog on Thursday, February 28 @ 13:36:15 GMT (1028 reads)
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TENET Launch Automated Capture Tool
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TENET are holding a product launch at the MapRite User Group for their new automated capture tool.
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Posted by DataDog on Tuesday, February 12 @ 09:38:44 GMT (656 reads)
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TMA consultation part 309863287418654723654
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fleur writes "And still the consultation goes on...
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Posted by DataDog on Monday, August 20 @ 10:25:44 BST (625 reads)
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The final agreed text of the European Directive for an INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe (INSPIRE) was published on 16th January 2007.
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Posted by DataDog on Tuesday, February 06 @ 15:16:23 GMT (652 reads)
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OS seek change intelligence
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nickgrif writes "Thought this might be of interest...
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Posted by DataDog on Wednesday, January 31 @ 13:19:43 GMT (1140 reads)
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DCLG ends OS NIMSA funding
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The National Interest Mapping Services Agreement (NIMSA) funds mapping services which are in the national interest, but would not otherwise be provided by the market as they are not economically viable.
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Posted by DataDog on Thursday, November 02 @ 09:54:15 GMT (898 reads)
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Ordnance Survey apparently paying Local Authorities for address intelligence.
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DataHound writes "I’m on the scent of something that smells very interesting; the faint whiff of scandal.
Rumour has it that Ordnance Survey are paying some Local Authorities to supply them with address change intelligence.
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Posted by DataDog on Wednesday, August 23 @ 10:30:31 BST (894 reads)
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Data Protection and Sharing Seminar
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The Association of Geographical Information (AGI) are holding a seminar for Local Government on the 31st October 2006 to discuss the issues and confusion surrounding the protection and sharing of data.
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Posted by DataDog on Friday, August 18 @ 14:09:56 BST (797 reads)
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Signs of the Times, by Dr Robert Barr
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This is an entertaining yet thought provoking read from Dr Robert Barr of the University of Manchester.
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Posted by DataDog on Thursday, July 06 @ 19:11:40 BST (718 reads)
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The Pan-Government Agreement (PGA 2) for geographic information has been thrown into turmoil due to irregularities in the bids.
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Posted by god on Thursday, June 22 @ 15:06:23 BST (1657 reads)
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Ordnance Survey in Disarray
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Ordnance Survey is today suffering within a pincer movement from both the EU and their own staff, with more problems just around the corner.
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Posted by god on Monday, June 19 @ 14:20:26 BST (2308 reads)
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Ordnance Survey Herald MasterMap Address Layer 2
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Our favourite organisation of the moment have released a news article celebrating how good their new product, MasterMap Address Layer 2 is.
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Posted by DataDog on Thursday, March 23 @ 10:20:28 GMT (652 reads)
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Ordnance Survey Condemned by Information Fair Trading Scheme
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The Information Fair Trading Scheme is a facet of the Cabinet Office that sets and assesses standards for public sector bodies.
They have today released a report on an assessment carried out on Ordnance Survey, which has recommended no less than 17 areas for improvement and action.
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Posted by DataDog on Wednesday, March 15 @ 15:49:31 GMT (963 reads)
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Three Authorities Being Chased to Sign MSA
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Of the 551 authorities that could have signed the MSA, 548 have so far done so...
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Posted by DataDog on Monday, September 05 @ 04:07:09 BST (1150 reads)
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British Cartography OS MasterMap competition
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mark writes "Linkie
The above link takes you directly to see details of a competition that the British Cartogrpahic Society are running in relation to MasterMap.
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Posted by DataDog on Wednesday, August 10 @ 07:49:15 BST (748 reads)
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