Comments on: Transport for London really doesn’t like Ordnance Survey: response to consultation http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/09/transport-for-london-really-doesnt-like-ordnance-survey-response-to-consultation/ A Guardian Technology campaign for free public access to non-personal data about the UK and its citizens Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:12:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Four short links: 14 September 2009 | Biginfo http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/09/transport-for-london-really-doesnt-like-ordnance-survey-response-to-consultation/comment-page-1/#comment-124891 Four short links: 14 September 2009 | Biginfo Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:17:40 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=491#comment-124891 [...] Transport for London Does Not Like the Ordnance Survey — an Official Information Request yielded the Transport for London response to an Ordnance Survey “strategy consultation”. The OS should appoint an independent body to review their licence documents and pay them based on the number of words deleted. Sound advice too–OS have crippled the geospatial industry in the UK by charging for their (admittedly finely-detailed) data. (via mattb on delicious) « Reduce Your Inboxes to Streamline Your Workflow and Reduce Stress [Inboxes] Four short links: 15 September 2009 » [...] [...] Transport for London Does Not Like the Ordnance Survey — an Official Information Request yielded the Transport for London response to an Ordnance Survey “strategy consultation”. The OS should appoint an independent body to review their licence documents and pay them based on the number of words deleted. Sound advice too–OS have crippled the geospatial industry in the UK by charging for their (admittedly finely-detailed) data. (via mattb on delicious) « Reduce Your Inboxes to Streamline Your Workflow and Reduce Stress [Inboxes] Four short links: 15 September 2009 » [...]

]]> By: Tim http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/09/transport-for-london-really-doesnt-like-ordnance-survey-response-to-consultation/comment-page-1/#comment-124319 Tim Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:49:17 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=491#comment-124319 Great, but TfL are almost as bad as OS: http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2006/03/10/all-mapped-out http://www.ywf.org.uk/ Their timetable/train status data isn't freely available either (this also applies to Network Rail). I once emailed them about it but they didn't really understand the concept. Great, but TfL are almost as bad as OS:

http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2006/03/10/all-mapped-out
http://www.ywf.org.uk/

Their timetable/train status data isn’t freely available either (this also applies to Network Rail). I once emailed them about it but they didn’t really understand the concept.

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