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O P E N DATA M A S T E RC L A S S

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Who areOrdnance Survey?

OS is Britain’s mapping agency – since 1791.

224 years later, OS is now an internationally leading digital, big data powerhouse for geographic information (GI) and geospatial technology.

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2 minute Video – OS: Finding a Way

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460,000,000Almost 500 million topography features available in OS MasterMap Topography

Layer

OS Products and Services

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10,000

Typically 10,000 updates per day

OS Products and Services

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99.9% of new real world features are updated in the database within 6 months of their development.

99.9%

OS Products and Services

Try our paid-for, premium products…

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Why not download free samples of OS datasets today?

OS MasterMap Topography Layer OS MasterMap Water Network AddressBase Premium

You can download sample data files for paid-for OS products and use them in your software applications today, the sample data is available from the OS website HERE

What is OS Open Data?

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• Geo data produced and maintained that’s free and available to re-use and re-publish.

• Under the OGL ‘open data’ unleashes valuable datasets of government, enabling social, environmental, and economic good.

• Download, view and develop www.os.uk/opendata

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OS Open Data

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Making available some of Britain’s most comprehensive mapping. Free, to get you started with geographic information.

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1Download

2010: OS Open Data journey began

2015: Now 16 available open data products

a minute!

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OS OpenData products include…

OS open products are designed to add value and content to other open datasets.

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OS Open Map – Local – a ‘street level’ vector dataset designed as an effective backdrop for integrating and visualizing other analytical open data.

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OS Open Roads – a generalised road network product delivering a national view of Great Britain’s road network.

OS OpenData productsOS Open Data collection includes…

OS open products are designed to add value and content to other open datasets.

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OS Open Rivers – a generalised network enabled product delivering a national view of Great Britain’s watercourses.

OS Open Names – a significant upgrade to our legacy gazetteer products for use in location searches on both mobile and web – giving the most up to date available place names, road names, road numbers and postcodes.

OS Open Map - Local

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“The most detailed ‘street level’ vector mapping product available within the open data arena”

OS Open Map - Local

• Provides a backdrop for integrating and visualising

analytical data such as other government data or

your own commercial data.

• High quality visual building detail including

important buildings.

• Includes extents of functional sites such as

transport, hospitals and schools

• Easy to use and simple to style in accordance with

your mapping demands.

OS Open Map - Local

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KEY BENEFITS

• Understand the full extent of your area with enhanced level of buildings details.

• Recognise the presence of key functional sites including areas such as education and

medical care.

• Undertake analytical activities in alignment with key information, such as buildings,

roads, railway lines, functional sties and more.

• Present accurate information consistently with other available open data products.

OS Open Roads

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“a high-level view of the road network in Great Britain”

OS OPEN ROADS

• A connected road network for Great Britain.

• Contains all classified roads (Motorway and

A & B Roads)

• Includes officially named unclassified roads

• Compatible with the road details in OS Open

Map – Local and OS Vector Map District

product

OS Open Roads

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KEY BENEFITS

• Generalised road geometry – ability to understand the road network with

generalised and accurate open road data in England and Wales.

• Allows the sharing of additional data – such as traffic congestion and accident

hotspots in context with the network.

• Enables quick, high level analysis of the network – get answers back quickly.

• Uses official DfT classification – providing clarity to all users for road classifications

e.g. AA.

• Conforms to defined geospatial standards (INSPIRE) – meaning customers can

more easily set up their GIS systems and software, and it can be easily shared

between applications globally.

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OS Open Rivers

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The only detailed, heightened water network of Great Britain showing the flow

and precise course of rivers, streams, lakes and canals

• A connected river network for Great Britain

• Generalised from OS’ large-scale

watercourse data

• Shows locations of rivers, streams, lakes,

lochs and canals

• Highlights the direction of flow

• Compatible with the OS Open Map – Local

and OS Vector Map District products

OS Open Rivers

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OS Open Rivers

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KEY BENEFITS

• Generalised water course geometry – ability to understand the water network at a

‘high level’ with generalised geometry and network connectivity, using ‘Strahler’.

• Allows sharing of water network data with additional data – such as flooding

locations and pollution hotspots.

• Enables quick, high level analysis of the network – get answers back quickly for

simple water course understanding and flood calculations.

• Uses official water course name and number – providing clarity to the different

organisations for river names, enabling high level area planning, accessibility

planning, and sharing of data.

• Conforms to defined geospatial standards (INSPIRE)

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OS Open Names

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A simple search solution – enables accurate location searching

• Includes place names, road names, road

numbers and postcodes

• An enhancement on current OpenData

gazetteers, OS LocatorTM and OS 1:50 000

Gazetteer, with…

• Improved accuracy

• Better quality content

• More frequent updates

• Also available via an API. OS Open Names

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Case studies: previous Geovation winners

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Real Food Wales A unique network of local knowledge and interactive mapping using OS Vector Map, Street View, Boundary-Line, Strategi and Land-Form PANORAMA to showcase over 150 best food businesses along the Wales coast path, in Pembrokeshire.

City Farmers Using OS and open data, local social, economic and environmental ‘topography’ has been visualised to frame problems between local government and communities on sustainability issues, helping shape small-scale social enterprise to support and celebrate local growing.

Run An Empire An exercise strategy app game, using GPS with OS data to record paths players take and allow people to compete to capture and maintain control of as much territory as possible – using neighbourhoods as arenas for play.

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OS OpenData aims to help drive innovation andGeovation Challenges have demonstrated this…

Possibility made even better with new OS OpenSpace API:• Enabling you to embed and use OS maps for your business or

non-business website and mobile applications

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OS, open data and waterThis year’s Geovation Challenge is all about Water

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How can geographic information be used as a tool for water innovation?

We’ve got some water-related open data sources to get you thinking…

OS Open Rivers + EA water catchment districts and management areas (in QGIS)

OS Open Map – Local and Rivers + EA flood risk zones

OS Boundary Line + EA waterbody ecological status

OS Open Map – Local and Rivers + ONS Wards + GLA

London water quality by borough

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Data source Dataset ThemeOrdnance Survey(OS)

LocalTerrain 50Rivers

Topography (Open)

Vector Map LocalTerrain 5Water Network

Topography (Premium)

Boundary LineAddress Base

Administrative (Open)

AddressBasePlaces

Administrative (Premium)Consumer indications

Environment Agency (EA) River basin districts Administrative

Catchment management areasAgricultural land useLIDAR/land cover

Topography

Water resource availability (sub-catchment level)Water abstraction by purposeWaterbody ecological status

Resource statistics

Flood risk zones Risks

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Data source Dataset ThemeDefra/JNCC(INSPIRE data.gov.uk)

Habitats and speciesBathing waters

Ecology

Forestry Commission National forests Ecology

Waterfootprint.org Crop (food) water foot prints by local authority Resource statistics

Office for National Statistics(ONS)

Resident population by sub-wardWork place population by wardHouseholds by sub-ward

Demographic statisticsConsumer indications

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)

Hydrology e.g. catchment chemistryLand use

Resource statisticsInfrastructural indications

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Geology and hydrology e.g. groundwater, soils Resource statistics

Met Office Weather prediction modelsObservational dataRainfallSatellite data

Weather (DataPoint API)

Regional… e.g. London Datastore (Greater London Authority)

London water quality by borough Resource statistics

OS, OPEN DATA & WATER

Could you be the next Geovation innovator?

The open data is in your hands.

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Thank you

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