AddressBase™, developing a unique national address gazetteer Nick Turner, Address Migration and Business Development Manager, Ordnance Survey Carsten Rönsdorf, chair British Standards Institution Committee for Geographic Information

Part 1: Standards as the basis for addresses Carsten Rönsdorf, chair British Standards Institution Committee for Geographic Information (IST/36)

Agenda What standards bring to the table British Standards Institution IST/36 committee Snapshots and Lifecycles BS7666 – high level introduction Other address specifications Data models and GML

Addresses?

Why standards Apply to actual or potential problems For common and repeated use Aimed at achievement of optimum degree of order in a given context Successful standards need to be: wanted, usable (implemented) and used beneficial and impartial up-to-date and have wide application Conformance can be tested / certified Can provide investment security Contain best practise Often available on RAND [Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory] terms on a royalty-free basis (excl. BSi, ISO etc)

The IST/36 committee Government and industry representatives and co-opted experts Process and transparency Maintains BS7666 UK representation in to ISO and CEN committees ISO TC211 foundational conceptualisation of geospatial data CEN TC287 focussing on how to use standards TR15449-x: how to use OGC and ISO standards to create a Spatial Data Infrastructure Profiles: specialisations of standards, i.e. to make an international standard more relevant in a national context Gemini 2.1 UK metadata standard for GI, based on ISO ISO/CEN liaison with the Open Geospatial Consortium

Property / address life cycle

Some BS7666 principles Geographical scope to cover all of UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands Meet national language requirements Enable cross-referencing with other data Maintenance of relationship between streets and BLPUs difficult cases to be clarified allow for those not fitting general model Separate implementation guidelines available

BS7666 structure BS General model BS Specification for a street gazetteer BS Specification for a land & property gazetteer BS Specification for a gazetteer of delivery points Annex PROWs Annex Specification for Addresses ISO Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers

Part 0: General model Provides a general model of spatial references based upon named spatial units Defines the essential components of a gazetteer of geographic locations Provides structure for gazetteers defined in other parts Based upon ISO Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers

Location records mandatory identifier entry date update date start date position spatial reference administrator optional alternative identifier classification external cross-refs end date current state & date extent related location parent/child locations

Data quality report lineage currency positional accuracy attribute accuracy Completeness All relating to ISO 19113/4 -> 19157

BLPU UPRN

BLPU states 1 under construction 2 in use 3 unoccupied 4 no longer existing

Role of standards in the creation of AddressBase TM Different address registers with their own identifiers Extensive data matching exercise Both main input datasets contained a BS7666 structured address Integration of Scottish data with current database (England and Wales only) AddressBase premium implements BS7666 European Inspire address specification (mandatory for public sector providers of addresses) is also built on 19112: standards facilitate mapping processes

XML encoding stack Image: T. Kolbe, 2007 Addresses

Now in version 2.0: Create 3D from 2D, go underground and integrate addresses

BLPU + UPRN Address data is heavily standards based to provide integration and facilitate practical use.

Part 2: AddressBase™ Nick Turner Address Migration and Business Development Manager

Historical Context LLPG ADDRESS-POINT ® OS MasterMap ® Address Layer 2 PAF

Who contributes to the initiative

New Address Products AddressBase™ Premium The full lifecycle of an address or property AddressBase™ Plus The current view of an address or property AddressBase™ The mailing address All licensed under the PSMA, through direct FCDC or FCP licenses

Product differential AddressBaseAddressBase PlusAddressBase Premium UPRN Coordinates Classification Royal Mail Postal Address Royal Mail UDPRN Local Authority Geographic Address Local Authority meta data XREF to OSMM TOIDS Multiple occupancy addresses OWPAs Provisional properties (pre- build) Historic properties Alternative addresses Provisional addresses Historic Addresses Application cross references

Property / address life cycle

AddressBase™ Premium

Additions in the national gazetteer over 4 months

Changes in the national gazetteer over 3 months

Top ten targets (or maybe 11) DWP HMRC Cabinet Office – Electoral Reform DVLA Passport and Identity Service UK Border Agency (VISA and Immigration) Environment Agency BBC TVL Land Registry ONS DECC

Local Authority HMRC DWP Cabinet Office IPS Land Registry ONS DECC UK Borders BBC TVL Environment Agency Universal CreditElectoral Reform Tell Us Once Smart MeteringNPIA Systems Energy Companies and OFGEM DVLA Direct Gov Emergency Services

Address Batch Matching Address Verification Income Support CIS Web Call centre Drop in UPRN? UPRN Call Response Contact Data Customer PAF AddressBase™ Premium AddressBase™ Premium

Software, solutions and tools Ordnance Survey are engaging with the supplier community to encourage them to develop tools, solutions and services that handle AddressBase™ Engagement to date; SoftwareGeo-SpatialAddressingCRM IDOX Capita Civica Northgate Bartec Biffa Dotted eyes 1Spatial Steria Fortek Sungard (Capita) Mapflow ESRI MapInfo Cadcorp Intergraph Astun Technology Get-Mapping Higher Mapping Solutions Europa Technology Emapsite Landmark Snowflake QAS GB Group PostcodeAnywhere Hopewiser Aligned Assets GGP Lagan Northgate Oracle Microsoft Dynamics Sage

Partnerships: objective to collaborate Allowing our partners to: Take receipt of & manage the data Supply to licensed organisation Distribute under our Partner terms Add value in the form of additional attribution Deliver to clients within technology wrappers Transform or convert to proprietary formats Consult on extracting value and business change

Questions (and maybe some answers)

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