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It's quite amusing to compare and contrast the announcements from DCLG and Ordnance Survey today, regarding boundaries, postcode areas and mid scale mapping information. DCLG's press release proudly declares: The Prime Minister and Communities Secretary John Denham will today announce that the public will have more access to Ordnance Survey maps from next year, as part [...] read on »

Over the last few weeks, I've been working with Ordnance Survey to produce a WordPress version of their new business strategy, published today. As you'll immediately spot, it's another piece of work based on Steph Gray's Commentariat theme, including some of the tweaks I did for BERR's Low Carbon Strategy. As I write this, I've literally [...] read on »

I've come across a rather curious anomaly in Google's new Street View. Southampton is one of the cities covered in the initial UK rollout... or rather, most of Southampton. You'll note the bizarrely unavailable stretch of Romsey Road... and the odd interruption of Wimpson Lane. Here's a link to it in Street View, to see [...] read on »

A Home Office press release this morning makes the explicit pledge: 'Every neighbourhood in England and Wales will have access to the latest local crime information through new interactive crime maps. [...] By the end of the year every police force area will produce crime maps which will allow the public to see where and [...] read on »

'Following a successful closed launch', apparently involving no fewer than 12 developers, Ordnance Survey has opened the doors to OpenSpace. It describes itself as 'a JavaScript® Application Programming Interface (API) that uses 'slippy map' technology, letting you dynamically pan the map by grabbing and sliding the image in any direction you like.' Just like Google [...] read on »