OS Strategy Event video
For those of you like myself, not invited to the OS New Strategy Event, the OS have posted a video summary on YouTube. That in itself is progress of course .. Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network.
strategy.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
I must commend the Ordnance Survey for publishing their new strategy as a wordpress blog, along the lines of the Power of Information final report, this is really a very good idea. It’s a pity it’s not working at the moment, hope the error message is not a bad sign..I’m sure this is a server …
OS future begins to emerge…
The Treasury has spoken.. (that in itself gives you a sense of where this might be heading !!) From the Treasury Operational Efficiency Programme report published yesterday.. “The OEP has concluded so far that Ordnance Survey needs to be more customer-focused and commercially driven. The Government is therefore publishing a new commercial strategy for the Ordnance …
The return of the edge video..
Whilst hunting through YouTube for a video to use in a presentation, I came across this video. If I remember rightly this was the first time a viral video was produced by any part of the UK government, I might be mistaken on that, but the video was not met with universal acclaim in Southampton.. Shame a …
Power of Information Taskforce – Homework for the OS
The influential Power of Information task force, the group working within the Cabinet Office to suggest better ways of using Government Information has published their interim report back to government in a “wiki-like” form to allow comments from the community before final publication. As any reader of this blog will expect, there is considerable discussion of the potential value and problems associated with access …
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Success and Recognition.. Who needs it.
The Guardian after a gap of a couple of years has a list of its top sites of the year, and as the article points out the two big trends have been in collaboration and LBS applications. One of the sites selected is a personal favourite of mine “where’s the path” a mashup of Google …
Place matters: the Location Strategy for the UK
Finally after an extended delay the Dept of Communities and Local Government has published the UK location strategy, Place matters. The blueprint for a UK Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), or an extended job application for someone in Southampton… You decide ! Written and submitted from the Google Office, London.
A change of direction for the OS ?
From todays Pre-Budget report, a document that’s main focus is the fiscal stimulation of the UK economy, this nugget of potentially very exciting news… “4.54 Re-use of public sector information from trading funds The HM Treasury/Shareholder Executive assessment of trading funds has considered the potential for innovation and growth from increasing commercial and other use of public sector information. It will shortly publish some key principles …
Ordnance Survey and the Google Maps API
If you work in a UK Local Authority, I would be grateful if you could send me (confidentially if you prefer) any communications you may have received recently from the Ordnance Survey in reference to the potential use of the Google Maps API on your website. Thanks ed Written and submitted from the Google Office, …
Where is the Path updated.
From the Mapperz blog, news that Bill Chadwick has added the ability to use the Google Earth plugin to his excellent “Where is the Path” application. For a long time this has been in my mind the best OS OpenSpace API site, allowing users to visualise routes using both the excellent OS maps and Google …