Why boundaries are important geodata

A great post by Matthew Somerville on the mysociety.org blog, discusses the impact of Parliamentary constituencies changing and some of the political capital that is generated as a result.

Birmingham parliamentary boundaries

Transparency in this part of the democratic process will absolutely vital in the upcoming general election, and yes you guessed it although the boundaries are defined by the Boundaries Commission their representation as geospatial data is Crown Copyright managed by Ordnance Survey.

This is the one data set currently licensed by the OS that should surely if not put into the public domain be licensed under one of the new more open and lightweight licenses the OS are working as part  of their new strategy.

Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network