OSGB Consultation imminent!
On the 17th November 2009 the UK Government announced that some of the Ordnance Survey data would be made available on more amenable terms and conditions and that a public consultation would be initiated. A month has now elapsed and the consultation has not commenced and this has led to the matter being raised in the UK Parliament.
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“Ordnance Survey
Mr. Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will limit the free release of Ordnance Survey data to that in respect of which the Government is a monopoly supplier. [307755]
Mr. Ian Austin: The Prime Minister proposed on 17 November to release for free and for reuse, including commercially, some Ordnance Survey data relating to administrative and electoral boundaries, mid-scale mapping and postcode areas. The purpose of the forthcoming consultation is to set out the proposal in greater detail and to hear feedback, including on the impact on the wider market in which Ordnance Survey operates.
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Mr. Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to provide support to the areas of the mapping sector not accounted for by the operations of Ordnance Survey. [305110]
Mr. Ian Austin: There are no plans to provide explicit financial support to the mapping sector outside Ordnance Survey.
Mr. Mark Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the announcement of 17 November 2009 on the Making Public Data Public initiative, when he expects to begin the consultation regarding access to Ordnance Survey data. [306349]
Mr. Ian Austin: We expect the consultation to be launched during the week beginning 14 December 2009.”
UK plans to increase PSI re-use!
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