Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom An update – developments since 2009 Phil Watts, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain GISCO Joint Working Party of NSOs and NMAs 10 - 11 March 2011

UK Location Strategy Milestones May 2005 – August 2007 Development of UK GI Strategy August 2007 – renamed: “Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom” October 2007 - Strategy submitted to Ministers November 2008 Strategy Published Location Council formed UK GI Panel disbanded Spring 2009 – UK Location Programme initiated

Developments since March 2009 March 2009 – New business strategy for Ordnance Survey launched – five major objectives: Promoting innovation – enhanced free OS OpenSpace service allowing experimentation with digital information and a clear path to greater commercialisation; Reforming Ordnance Survey’s licensing framework – much simpler to use Ordnance Survey data and services in other applications; Reducing costs over time – ensure that Ordnance Survey continues to offer value-for-money; Supporting the sharing of information across the public sector – enable better public policy and services; Creating an innovative trading entity – to explore commercial opportunities around providing a better platform for consumers to access Ordnance Survey products. 1 April 2009 – “One Scotland” Mapping Services Agreement for Scottish public sector Summer 2009 – data.gov.uk launched November 2009 – UK Government announces “free Geographical Information” from Ordnance Survey for reuse by all including commercially December 2009 – UK Public consultation on Ordnance Survey business model and access to data

Developments since March 2009 2010 – Programme to develop case studies March 2010 – UK Government publishes response to Ordnance Survey Consultation: Mixed business model some data free at point of use some data paid for April 2010 – Launch of OS OpenData Free at the point of use for all including for commercial use Funded by commercial agreement between Ordnance Survey and UK Government 11 datasets - including topography, gazetteer, height and post-code data

Developments since March 2009 May 2010 – UK General Election – new Government begins the release of significant information on public sector activities and expenditure July 2010 – Public Sector Mapping Agreement announced for England and Wales (operative 1-4-11) Autumn 2010 - Development by Ordnance Survey of Open Source platform for INSPIRE Compliant Services December 2010 – National Address Gazetteer for England and Wales announced New Limited Liability Partnership between Ordnance Survey and Local Government – GeoPlace LLP

Continuing the journey towards a UK SDI

The vision remains …aligning Local to European INSPIRE Member State sharing sharing Regional UK Regional GI Strategies Local Linked Data UK Location Strategy ALIGNING <<< Local and National Organisations >>>

… and putting place at the heart of decision making Stimulating increased efficiency & social engagement by promoting the use of ‘place’ in Government … and putting place at the heart of decision making Supporting evidence based policies through sharing stakeholders’ place-based data Understanding where needs are required and configuring services Empowering the citizen through location based services Supporting economic development by understanding the UK economic landscape through geography Shared GI Services ‘Place’ within the heart of decision making Protecting and sustaining the UK environment through geographic knowledge Managing the marine / land interface GI Infrastructure Planning regeneration Supporting Homeland Security and effective disaster planning and recovery Understanding the impact and monitoring the reaction to climate change Supporting the Sustainable Development Agenda, incl. transport Identifying locations for inward investment

The United Kingdom – some facts England Land area 130,000 sq km Population 50.7 m ~390 people / sq km Northern Ireland Land area 13,000 sq km Population 1.7 m ~130 people / sq km Devolved Administration Scotland Land area 78,000 sq km Population 5.1 m ~ 65 people / sq km Devolved Administration Wales Land area 20,000 sq km Population 2.9 m ~145 people / sq km UK Land area 241,000 Sq Km UK Population 60.5 m ~250 people per sq km

“… everything [still] happens somewhere …” Traffic management Neighbourhood statistics & Social exclusion Flooding and civil contingencies Environmental Management

Five strategic goals still valid …aligned with the continuing transformation of public services: To ensure that the UK exploits the full value of its information the Location Strategy requires a programme of strategic actions which ensure that: we know what data we have, and avoid duplicating it; we use common reference data so we know we are talking about the same places; we can share location-related information easily through a common infrastructure of standards, technology and business relationships; we have the appropriate skills, both among geographic professionals and among other professional groups who use location information or support its use; we have strong leadership and governance to drive through change including the implementation of this Strategy and the implementation of INSPIRE.

Removing barriers to effective use Improving technical interoperability Single portals – data.gov.uk Data Standards INSPIRE for data and web services - ISO and OGC standards Linked Data connecting location and all kinds of business data. INSPIRE compliant services Public Sector Mapping Agreement Improving business interoperability Increased provision of public data free at the point of use Simpler more flexible and permissive licensing of public data Search for (public sector) efficiencies

Removing barriers to effective use Reducing duplication of datasets Search for [public sector] efficiencies Shared services Public Sector Mapping Agreement Improving awareness (of existing data) Data asset registers Location strategy case studies Work of Location Council Influence of “champions” such as Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt Breaking down the “Silo world” Increased collaboration in public sector: Atlantis National Address Gazetteer

UKLS & INSPIRE – Components of a UK SDI data.gov.uk / OS OpenData INSPIRE-compliant services Mainstream Information Services Linked data UK Location Strategy INSPIRE

Public Sector Mapping Agreement Collective purchasing agreement for the whole of the public sector in England and Wales: Central Government Local Government – down to Parish / Community council level National Health Service Other public bodies Funded by Government Announced in UK Government response to Public Consultation on Ordnance Survey Range of high-specification Ordnance Survey data free at the point of use Complements OS OpenData Comes into effect on 1 April 2011

Addressing in Britain A key tool for socio-economic and demographic analysis in UK Statistical analyses based on areas / polygons defined by the Post Code hierarchy Addresses essentially composed of: Property Postal name or number – (allocated by Local Authority) Street Name (with aliases) – (allocated by Local Authority) Sub urban locality name – (recorded by Ordnance Survey) Settlement Name (including bi-lingual alternatives) – (recorded by Ordnance Survey) Post Town Name (including bi-lingual alternatives) – (allocated by Royal Mail) County or Municipality Post Code – (Allocated by Royal Mail) – SO16 0AS

Addressing in Britain Ordnance Survey: “Topographic address” collection via mapping since 1840s ADDRESS-POINT ® : Alpha-numeric address-specific dataset Created by Ordnance Survey in the early 1990s (and maintained since). Takes and validates PAF against ground referenced data Adds a geo-code (GB National Grid co-ordinate plus a unique reference identifier) to each address. OS MasterMap® Address Layer2™: Created by Ordnance Survey to supersede ADDRESS-POINT. Incorporates source data as in ADDRESS-POINT plus data from other authorities Includes additional data on properties with multiple occupancy and objects without a postal address.

Addressing in Britain Royal Mail – Postcode Address File – PAF®: Long standing database created by Royal Mail to support automation of postal services in the 1970s. Now over 28 million descriptive addresses of locations which receive mail plus Post Code and a unique postal delivery address reference. Covers whole of UK Local Government – National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG): Created by Local Government and a commercial partner from 1999 Aggregates Local Land and Property Gazetteers (LLPGs) created and supplied by Municipalities and Local Authorities. These incorporate ADDRESS-POINT and local data. Covers England and Wales. (Separate Local Government Address register in Scotland)

Addressing in Britain Project Acacia Collaboration between six UK public sector bodies: 2002 – 04 Investigate and define the requirements for a single national infrastructure of joined-up, consistent, high quality, well-maintained addresses and property information. Produced a number of excellent recommendations. Implementation not formally progressed due to changed funding priorities National Spatial Data Infrastructure Unsuccessful attempt during 2005 to develop a single national address database through a collaboration between Local Government and Ordnance Survey Census Address Database project 2008-10: Work by ONS to create an Address Database to support management of Census survey forms across England and Wales Draws on PAF, OS MasterMap Address Layer2 and NLPG National Address Gazetteer 2009 – 11 collaboration between Ordnance Survey and Local Government.

National Address Gazetteer Creation and maintenance of a single national address gazetteer database Maintains existing local government addressing and street processes Builds on previous investments by Ordnance Survey and local government in address products Managed and delivered through a Local Government Group and Ordnance Survey joint venture 50:50 Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) – GeoPlace™ Private sector interests in local government addressing and gazetteer services acquired into joint venture

National Address Gazetteer Single source of public sector owned national spatial address data Facilitates data sharing – common ‘unique’ Identifiers and addresses Combines best features of Local Government National Land & Property Gazetteer and OS MasterMap Address Layer 2 More effective decision making, supporting: Policy development Service delivery Statistical analysis and Monitoring Removes duplication of current costs of creation – delivering savings Removes address matching costs for users

Supporting statistical analysis and display to enhance public services Pti.co.uk BBC.news.co.uk Travel times in minutes on public transport to nearest General Practitioner (Family Doctor)

Supporting statistical analysis and display to enhance public services Distribution of ‘elderly’ population correlated to bus routes & post offices.

Census 2011 UK Census day – 27 March 2011 Increasingly “location based distribution of census forms address-based On-line and hard copy return options New opportunities to analyse the results geographically

Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland Tyndrum, Scotland 28 November 2008 UK Location Council Snowdonia, Wales London, England

The 2011Cambridge Conference 26 June – 1 July 2011 ‘Mapping for a Fairer and Safer World’ For Heads and Directors of the world’s National Mapping and Cadastral Organisations Exceptionally in 2011 the Conference and Exhibition will be hosted at Ordnance Survey’s new Head Office in Southampton Accommodation and social events in the historic ancient capital of England, Winchester and in the New Forest