OS expert isn’t Max Craglia either… so who is it?
You’ll recall the famous scene in the film Spartacus (directed of course by the same man who went on to direct 2001: A Space Odyssey) in which the Roman troops have captured the rebel slaves, and are...
View ArticleThat international consultant and man of mystery is… (updated)
…is still a mystery. Ordnance Survey today responded at 18.18 BST (by my computer’s timestamp) to my request for the name of the international consultant who looked over the OS’s study justifying its...
View ArticleOS publishes almost unredacted version of international study
The OS has at last, in response to my FOI request (thank you whatdotheyknow.com) published an almost unredacted version of its international study, fully known as ” International Comparison of...
View ArticleWell, that was quick: OS responds to FOI re international expert; mystery...
Following yesterday’s – yesterday’s! – questions to the Ordnance Survey about the identity of the international expert, we’ve had a response. Here it is (emphasis added): Thank you for your email dated...
View Article..but we’re just as quick: more questions re the international man (or woman)...
We’ve taken on Nicholas Verge’s suggestion and sent another FOI request to OS about the international expert. So once more unto the breach: Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you for your previous reply re the...
View ArticleInternational man/woman of mystery is: international; from an NMA
The OS has responded to our latest FOI request to try to establish more details about its international expert. And what do you know, they really are international. And they used to work for a national...
View ArticleTim Berners-Lee to help UK government build single data access point
Computer Weekly reports that Tim Berners-Lee has been asked by the government to develop a single point of access for public data – as Stephen Timms, who has taken over where Tom Watson left off in the...
View ArticleHurrah! Ordnance Survey consultation is live!
Thanks to a little bird at an interested organisation, we now know that the DCLG has opened its consultation on OS data. It’s at...
View ArticleImpact assessment of making OS ‘mid-scale’ data free puts cost at 47m-58m pounds
What interesting reading the impact assessment of the DCLG consultation on making OS data free is. Clearly some arms have been twisted in the Treasury to make it happen – Liam Byrne, chief secretary to...
View ArticleFun facts from the DCLG / OS consultation
A few things that strike us as we read through the consultation and impact assessment (links in previous posts). Impact assessment: Ordnance Survey generates most of its revenue from business and the...
View ArticleFree Our Data response to the DCLG consultation on OS Free
We’ve written up our response to the DCLG consultation, and emailed it over this afternoon. Make sure you respond too! Deadline is 17 March – a Wednesday, for no obvious reason. Feel free to crib from...
View ArticleGoodbye Gordon Brown: but thanks for the data … and the campaign goes on
Gordon Brown’s stint as prime minister is over. But we can thank him for one thing he left behind: the commitment by the Treasury to fund free data from the Ordnance Survey (by my understanding, for at...
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