tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179362002064994851.post8832917443940682061..comments2023-10-04T15:20:50.629+01:00Comments on Locatum: Outing the OS "policy options" 'consultation'Locatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523807740609337635noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179362002064994851.post-4158001918124295822014-01-30T10:43:04.590+00:002014-01-30T10:43:04.590+00:00These are some great tips. For those who could use...These are some great tips. 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The failure to address (ok ok, pun) all the issues you identify (and with which I agree - OS Free set, derived data, addressing to an extent, RM notwithstanding) can be laid at the door of OS leadership. As I say this is a slow train that has been a long time coming and they could long ago have resolved these 3 things and retained control of their destiny. It's now out of their hands and about to bite them all in the behind.<br />ps 5 years? - weren't you there then ;-) (it is Friday afternoon!)by Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921702055203147904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179362002064994851.post-18085015413441563412010-03-26T16:08:58.292+00:002010-03-26T16:08:58.292+00:00Anon: I dont think I said (it was stream of coscio...Anon: I dont think I said (it was stream of cosciousness stuff) that the raster backdrops were 'useless'. On the contrary they are ideal for deriving other data sets from and are the best in the world for some kinds of overlays - it is all about the context. My point is rather that the mashing up community (those that want to display overlays of data aggregated by census area for example or those that want to use a certain kind of symbology to locate features or events) do find them too cartographically dense to allow them to convey the overlay information in a visually accessible way. There are of course ways round this, using the alpha channel for example, but GYM are in the box seat for these types of apps.by Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921702055203147904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179362002064994851.post-1177929907643649452010-03-25T12:52:24.761+00:002010-03-25T12:52:24.761+00:00The asertion that the 1:25 000 scale Explorer and ...The asertion that the 1:25 000 scale Explorer and 1:50 000 scale Landranger are useless as a backdrop is simply wrong. If it is so useless why do people continue to purchase it? The richness of the cartography is the selling point. We need complete maps that have things such as footpaths and POI that is lacking from Google Maps and OSM (mostly). It is also heavily used as a base for capturing when MasterMap would be unafforable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179362002064994851.post-4933445237683319612010-03-25T00:40:46.439+00:002010-03-25T00:40:46.439+00:00James, as expected one of the most thoughtful comm...James, as expected one of the most thoughtful comments on the "consultation" - While I agree with your identification of many of the errors, false preconceptions and assumptions which make the whole process lees than perfect - I would still rather be where we are today than 12 months ago.<br /><br />Be like many others outside the cosy club of AGI members and OS partners have run out of patience with ;<br /><br />1) The OS sorting out the many issues you identify, chiefly however derived data and making a token set of small / medium scale data freely available. This could have been down at any point in the last 5 years and the fact it was not is the simple result of poor strategic leadership in Southampton.<br /><br />2) Addressing (pun intended) the wider structural issues re postal geography and the role and status of OS. This required industry cooperation and a clear exposition of the scale of the problem to Government. This I would argue was not forthcoming from the UK industry or the organisations that claim to represent it.<br /><br />As a result of these two failures to progress, the UK GI industry is having a less than perfect solution imposed on it with uncommon speed, and of course we still don't know all the details, but I would rather have an imperfect solution than a re-run of the last five years.Ed Parsonshttp://www.edparsons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179362002064994851.post-87103375050520773052010-03-24T18:40:25.103+00:002010-03-24T18:40:25.103+00:00Great post James
Breathless from reading and agre...Great post James<br /><br />Breathless from reading and agreeing (with most of it).<br /><br />Time for some sanity<br /><br />stevenStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027329503460961288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179362002064994851.post-47302738626048982602010-03-24T16:56:50.399+00:002010-03-24T16:56:50.399+00:00Well done James, someone had to say it!
Your (ver...Well done James, someone had to say it!<br /><br />Your (very long!) post contains a lot of common sense as well as business sense.<br /><br />It is easy to forget in the general euphoria around free data - some of which is indeed justified - that at the end of the day it is the paid-for stuff that drives the economy. It is a bit naive to expect small and medium businesses - the back-bone of the economy - to throw away their livelihoods just because someone else says it will create innovation. Innovation is great, but how much do freeloaders living with their mothers contribute to the economy? The buck has to stop somewhere.<br /><br />Common sense will hopefully prevail. My bet is that it will, albeit for the wrong reasons - most likely it will be driven by different vested interested keeping themselves in balance, rather than a holistic & wise government approach. But isn't that what people power is meant to achieve?<br /><br />cheers,<br />ThierryThierry_Ghttp://www.twitter.com/thierry_gnoreply@blogger.com