Topic: Ordnance Survey maps to go online

[Simon]

Ordnance Survey map data will be freely available online to everybody from 2010, the Government has announced.

The move will allow people to interpret public statistics about crime, health and education by postcode, local authority or electoral boundary.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8366190.stm

[Clive]

The power of the Internet!  Society is divided into the "haves" and the "have nots".  Or light and darkness.   

[Simon]

 

[GillE]

I bet Multi-Map and Google Map won't be happy about it.

[Simon]

I bet OS will be better, too.

[Rik]

It is, and you can select scales to suit the intended use.

[Simon]

Sounds interesting...

[Rik]

Take a look at Glenn's link on Netters. I zoomed in on the place we stay in Scotland, to the point where I could identify all the buildings.

[Simon]

Will do, when I get home. 

[sam]

still I doubt they will replace google as the place to go for maps these days - what with all their handheld device support

[Rik]

But if you're planning ahead, Sam, the extra detail is worth the effort.

[sam]

true... and indeed if you are going for a walk.

[Simon]

W... w... walk?? 

[Clive]