Address matching (& street matching) & Maps

Unfortunately, this post won’t live up to any expectation from its title and has just turned in some links rather than my intended musings. Geo Place Everything Happens Somewhere 2018 BEIS / NEED OSMaps Wheresthe Path? – can bring up Google Sat view from British National Grid tile ref e.g. SE1234 Maps comparison Street Map … Continue reading “Address matching (& street matching) & Maps”

Unfortunately, this post won’t live up to any expectation from its title and has just turned in some links rather than my intended musings.

Geo Place

Everything Happens Somewhere 2018

BEIS / NEED

OSMaps

Wheresthe Path? – can bring up Google Sat view from British National Grid tile ref e.g. SE1234

Maps comparison

Street Map includes 1:50,000 & 1:25,000 OS maps and accept British National Grid ref e.g. SE1234

Open Street Map – maps you can contribute to!

Postcode lookup

For discussion covering drawbacks of Postcodes (Appendix B):
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-open-national-address-gazetteer

Various including Postcodes

Mapit

For finding the OS grid tile XX9999 a place is in:
Gazetteer: County & OS Grid Tile by place name

QGIS & the Open Source Mapping software stack

At home, I just installed QGIS (Desktop GIS), again after long time, on OpenSUSE 13.2. Looks good. I needed to enable relevant repository (in my case: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_13.2/ ) I have been also looking at web articles of whole open source mapping software stack which has come on in leaps and bounds in last few years. … Continue reading “QGIS & the Open Source Mapping software stack”

At home, I just installed QGIS (Desktop GIS), again after long time, on OpenSUSE 13.2. Looks good. I needed to enable relevant repository (in my case: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_13.2/ )

I have been also looking at web articles of whole open source mapping software stack which has come on in leaps and bounds in last few years. As I now only use budget shared hosting for my own sites (and any website/service playing around) so I am limited in what I can test online myself of the tools. I guess I could just test locally but I actually decided on last rebuild of home pc I was going with keeping it rock solid (as others use home computer more than me nowadays) and not installing a web server (although I did give in on that since). As well as my time at home is pretty limited and I should spend less time on the computer as much of day on a computer at work.

By mapping software stack I mean:
PostgreSQL/PostGIS (Spatial Database)
GeoServer (Spatial Data Infrastructure)
MapServer (Advanced rendering and map query engine)
GeoNetwork (Geographic Metadata and Information Management System)
GDAL (the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) / OGR
OpenLayers (JavaScript map viewer)
Leaflet (JavaScript library)
MapProxy (Tile cache solution)
and scripting with
Python

The way data is provided to feed in online mapping solutions have moved on so much, even Ordnance Survey data:
Loading, Styling and Displaying Ordnance Survey Mastermap Data
with Open Source Software by Jo Cook, Astun Technology

There seems some really polished offerings from companies supporting these open source elements as a integrated software stack for solid enterprise solutions:
Astuntechnology
Lutra Consulting
ThinkWhere

But in past few years I have on & off used ID the editor for Open Street Map
and Potlach the flash based editor before that, and been impressed by what is possible in a web browser window.

Indicies of Multiple Deprivation

SNS website uses Open Street Map as background mapping to show areas of Multiple Dreprivation. Equivalent statistics for rest of Great Britain uses Ordnance Survey (OS) mapbase. If you apply for a online quote for a Gas Service pipe (new or alteration)in Wales or the West of England then can mark up on large scale … Continue reading “Indicies of Multiple Deprivation”

SNS website uses Open Street Map as background mapping to show areas of Multiple Dreprivation.

Equivalent statistics for rest of Great Britain uses Ordnance Survey (OS) mapbase.

If you apply for a online quote for a Gas Service pipe (new or alteration)in Wales or the West of England then can mark up on large scale OS Mastermap.

GB Addresses

I have followed the saga of opening up Address datasets in UK. If we can not open PAF or NLPG then let build an open set. See some developments: http://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/twos-company-threes-a-crowd/ This would hopefully be opportunity to get away from distortions of the PAF’s POSTTOWN based on delivering mail. e.g.Penistone is not in SHEFFIELD, even if … Continue reading “GB Addresses”

I have followed the saga of opening up Address datasets in UK.
If we can not open PAF or NLPG then let build an open set.
See some developments:
http://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/twos-company-threes-a-crowd/

This would hopefully be opportunity to get away from distortions of the PAF’s POSTTOWN based on delivering mail.
e.g.Penistone is not in SHEFFIELD, even if PAF has it as POSTTOWN for addresses in Penistone, Yorkshire.

Let get to know our Traditional Counties again.

look at ‘An open national address gazetteer’

Recent Government report looking at An open national address gazetteer. This report is quite detailed. It covers situation at moment and how might move forward. It highlights limits of use of postcodes as already openly released in CodePoint and suggests to wider use of either Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) and/or a fuller set of … Continue reading “look at ‘An open national address gazetteer’”

Recent Government report looking at An open national address gazetteer. This report is quite detailed. It covers situation at moment and how might move forward. It highlights limits of use of postcodes as already openly released in CodePoint and suggests to wider use of either Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) and/or a fuller set of open addresses.
I myself am keen organisations move away from reducing addresses to just what is required by the Royal Mail to deliver the post; as the use of Postcodes and ‘Post town’, that are setup to reflect routing and delivering of mail, over actual localities (villages, towns, hamlets or suburbs) together with counties, has distorted much understanding of place.

Addresses in Scotland

You can look up addresses in Scotland in the One Scotland Gazetteer. It is good they provide a search facility where one can look up the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) for a premise, as well as check where located. I could not find some flats at first if don’t match the way record held. … Continue reading “Addresses in Scotland”

You can look up addresses in Scotland in the One Scotland Gazetteer.

It is good they provide a search facility where one can look up the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) for a premise, as well as check where located.

I could not find some flats at first if don’t match the way record held. The search is not as good as could be as does not seem to search all fields in the record, and the result does not display all the fields I assume recorded from BS7666 spec, I am particularly interest in the locality, as opposed to just the town. But at least it is some access to these records.

Addresses: moving in right direction with GeoPlace

Update July 2011; GeoPlace is now up and running . GeoPlace™ – a government initiative for national addressing New agreement set to create a single address database LGA media release – 3 December 2010 FAQ (pdf) GeoPlace™ Q&As [lga.gov.uk] New national ‘address book’ to be free to emergency services [communities.gov.uk] The Register UK.gov: One address-location … Continue reading “Addresses: moving in right direction with GeoPlace”

Update July 2011; GeoPlace is now up and running .

GeoPlace™ – a government initiative for national addressing

New agreement set to create a single address database
LGA media release – 3 December 2010

FAQ (pdf)
GeoPlace™ Q&As [lga.gov.uk]

New national ‘address book’ to be free to emergency services [communities.gov.uk]

The Register
UK.gov: One address-location database to rule them all
Mighty GeoPlace to emblobbenate private & public data

Although this move does not free up the data, it removes some obstacles on
the way to achieving that, as well as being worth while for society in it’s
own right with data of Ordnance Survey’s Address Layer 2 coming together with
the local government’s National Land and Property Gazetteer .
Do I feel a ‘Free the UPRN’ effort in mould of the ‘Free the Postcode’ effort taking shape
as Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) become more used?

More links:
UK Location Council Welcomes Geoplace

GeoPlace Q&As [www.nlpg.org.uk]

Links to related information & past debate around the web:

Pitch for Utilities to use NLPG [aligned-assets.co.uk]

post-office-and-os-relax-copyright-and-licences-uk-address-and-coordinate-data [data.gov.uk]

national-land-and-property-gazetteer-nlpg [data.gov.uk]

unlocking-service: National Street Gazetteer [opsi.gov.uk]

unlocking-service: NLPG [opsi.gov.uk]

Is-the-campaign-won? What-do-you-think? [freeourdata.org.uk]

Street Naming & Numbering (local authorities web search)

OpenAddress.org

BBC: Postcode rebels picket Royal Mail’s headquarters

Lookup location by Postcode:

http://www.geopostcode.org.uk/
http://ukgeocode.maxmanders.co.uk/

Mapit also includes Lower Super Output Areas which the Indices of Multiple Deprivation are indexed against as well as census data.
http://mapit.mysociety.org/

Surrey Aerial Photos

Surrey Aerial Photos available [osm_map long=”-0.59″ lat=”lat=51.24″ control=”scaleline,scale” zoom=”15″ width=”500″ height=”450″ extmap_type=”OSM” extmap_name=”Surrey_Aerial_Photo” extmap_address=”http://gravitystorm.dev.openstreetmap.org/surrey/${z}/${x}/${y}.png” extmap_init=”numZoomLevels: 21, transitionEffect: ‘resize’, sphericalMercator: true” type=”ext”] Guildford Cathedral http://opengeodata.org/surrey-county-air-survey

Surrey Aerial Photos available

[osm_map long=”-0.59″ lat=”lat=51.24″ control=”scaleline,scale” zoom=”15″ width=”500″ height=”450″ extmap_type=”OSM” extmap_name=”Surrey_Aerial_Photo” extmap_address=”http://gravitystorm.dev.openstreetmap.org/surrey/${z}/${x}/${y}.png” extmap_init=”numZoomLevels: 21, transitionEffect: ‘resize’, sphericalMercator: true” type=”ext”]

Guildford Cathedral

http://opengeodata.org/surrey-county-air-survey