Ordnance Survey release map data

Yesterday was an auspicious day as the Ordnance Survey released a lot of its mapping data (some of its products) to developers and other interested members of the public.

Go to the OPEN SPACE website and you can sign up for the necessary API key...

You can then go to the OPEN DATA website and download yourself some DATA to use....
My order id is 6870 so that gives you an idea of how popular the site has been over the last few days...

This allows the mapping to be used in a variety of locations, and for the creation of mash-ups. Of course you could just wait and let someone else do all that for you and share the results...

There has been lots of discussion on the various mapping forums and of course on Twitter about the extent of the data that has been released and the fact that this is good (or bad) news depending on your point of view.
What's clear is that the OS produce the best maps in the world, and the quality of the MASTERMAP data, as used with ESRI (UK) GIS products for example, is amazing.

I look forward to having a play and seeing what I can come up with....

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