Dave W Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I understand that, as from today, Ordnance Survey have been told they can no longer charge for the use of their data to avoid the tax payer having to pay for data they've already funded the collection of. The OS site appears to be having some problems today and i guess that's due to lots of people trying to see what the impact of the new laws are. Does anyone know for certain what parts of their data are to be made publicly available and royalty free ? In particular, does this mean that their 1:50000 digital maps are now freely available or is this new found freedom simply going to extend to things like council boundary maps and post code maps ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1529556 Reading the news above link, doens't look like it will allow us all to have free topographical maps - i got my hopes up for a minuet there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardAllen Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 http://www.communiti...rporate/1529556 Reading the news above link, doens't look like it will allow us all to have free topographical maps - i got my hopes up for a minuet there... pm sent Regards Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrycrabbe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 BBC news take on the story Clicky linky I see the Ramblers got the wrong end of the stick too... (Oh and since when has an OS map cost £15???) Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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