A new selection of location datasets, including two new products,
have been released today (Thursday 28 March) as part of the
Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA). The new data
and products have been delivered by Ordnance Survey (OS) and are set to support customers
across a range of markets, including the emergency services,
sustainability, land management, transport and property both in
public and private sectors.
One of the new products is the OS Emergency Services Gazetteer
(ESG), which
will enhance the way that emergency services respond to and
manage incidents. The OS
ESG is a
comprehensive and maintained database of locations. It will
contain 1.3 million features (names, places and objects), such as
motorway, road junctions and roundabouts.
The OS ESG was developed in close
collaboration with the blue light community and will continue to
grow over time as new features are added. It is designed to equip
responders with the precise location information they need to act
quickly to save lives and property during emergencies. It is
particularly effective in identifying the location of areas that
have no addresses, like named cliffs and named
waterfalls. It will provide a single, unified source of
truth for accurate location information, aiding both those in
control rooms and on the front line.
The other new product is the OS Multi-modal Routing Network that has
been developed in response to customer feedback and brings all
OS transport information
together in one place, reducing the effort required in preparing
the data for use in routing applications. Local authorities will
be able to use this data to plan safe routes to school and
colleges, and emergency services will be able to improve their
emergency planning for incidents at specific locations.
The release also includes enhancements to the OS National Geographic Database
(NGD) such
as:
- buildings data – which will help users develop a better
understanding about the energy performance of buildings
- new Field Boundary and land cover information - beneficial
for a range of environmental sector customers, environment
agencies across England, Scotland and Wales, major landowners and
farmers, as well as both local and central government in
delivering net zero ambitions
- enhancements like the Tram Track attribution – showing
where trams are present on the road network, beneficial for road
safety and streetworks
For more information on the
release, please visit the OS
Data Hub.
Background
The PSGA
is a 10 year contract between the government and Ordnance Survey
(OS), managed by the
Geospatial Commission, for the provision of geospatial data
across multiple themes, including buildings, transport,
structures, addressing and land. The contract delivers key data
to public sector members for use in everyday settings to support
provision of critical services to the public.
The PSGA
provides access to new and existing data via the OS Data Hub, including delivery of data
via API
and downloads. Over its term the PSGA will deliver
approximately 70 new data sets and ensure the public sector has
access to core foundational geospatial data that is needed to
deliver effective and efficient public services.
