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last updated at 2006-03-23 22:05
timbl challenges the Ordnance Survey to open up their data in the Guardian.
posted by _hex at 2006-03-23 22:05 (+) tags:
_hex: "There will, if necessary, be a grass-roots remapping."
_hex: Like, for example, OpenStreetMap.
dajobe: for those who don't know, OS is the UK quasi-governmental profit-making department that locks up geo and mapping data UK tax payers paid for
dajobe: although compare to BBC in a similar state re it's creative outputs
timbl: The OS have always sold maps for money. That doesn't mean they have cut a net profit -- the impression I had (possibly wrong) was the government would like them to break even.
 
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