[Gllug] Ordnance Survey OpenData

[Richard Lewis]

At Sat, 3 Apr 2010 13:10:34 +0100,
Richard Jones wrote:
> 
> 
> http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/
> 
> This is interesting ...  Shirley not an example of a government
> department doing the Right Thing and Having a Clue?
> 
This was part of Berners-Lee's plan when he and Nigel Shadbolt
(Shouthampton) convinced the UK government to open up their data and
publish it online. They had an office in Admiralty Arch until about
January!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/21/timbernerslee-government-data
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/01/ordnance_survey_opendata/
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