Short history of large scale OS data

1791 to 1936 to 1975 to 2000 to

2011
1850s ~1955 ~1994 2001

Metric, Topological Classification,

Initial Digital
national geometric Componentisation
Survey spaghetti
CRS object layers Rules and 3D

ü ü ü ü ü
Integrated
Nationally Object maintenance,
National
consistent GIS use Referencing, data-content
Coverage
data change mngmnt separation,
3D models
 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 5… so far!

65 organisations
engaged 127 organisations
engaged 168 organisations
engaged 106 organisations
engaged

4 8 10 10 Key market Product design

stakeholder Key market Key market and
groups segments segments segments development
+

60
Product and data

450 hours of interviews

and write ups 344 hours of interview/
workshop discussion 483 Workshop places
booked
High level specifications
enhancements to
design

2
Customer surveys, with

13 feedback
workshops 3 feedback
workshops 18 feedback
workshops
responses from 100s of
participants
Includes spec

c 1800 asks
generated 209 PSGA Members
and Partners 319 PSGA Members
and Partners 220+ PSGA Members
and Partners
iterations
agreements
 • Not just publishing an OGC API or a download or
• …a metadata record or
• …a doc

Making an end to end developer journey for:

• Discovery
• Onboarding
• Minimal time to use
• Education & Support
• Understanding their behaviour

Turning developers into evangelists

Official | 2021
 INTERNAL
USE ONLY

The National Geographic Database

contains the authoritative data that
describes the geography of Great
Britain
 INTERNAL
USE ONLY

The National Geographic Database

contains the authoritative data that
describes the geography of Great
Britain

Today customers access this

through numerous OS products
and services, such as OS
MasterMap Topography Layer
 INTERNAL
USE ONLY

That’s changing with our next-gen data

▪ Customers now have direct access

to all the National Geographic
Database data from a single
location

▪ With an improved data structure,

increased currency and improved
metadata
 themes
feature types

million features

collections

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 9 themes 13 collections 81 feature types

Core
Content

Geographic
Buildings Water Land Land Use Structures Transport Administrative & Statistical Units
Address
Names

Building Water Water Land Land Use Structure See next See next See next See next
Features Features Network Features Features Features slides slides slides slides

Building
Water Water Link Land Site Structure
Part

Building Site Access Compound

Water Point Water Node Land Point
Line Location Structure

Inter Tidal Water Link Site Routing Structure

Landform
Line Set Point Line

Tidal Landform Structure

Boundary Line Point

Landform
Point
 9 themes 13 collections 81 feature types

Core Content

Geographic
Buildings Water Land Land Use Structures Transport Administrative & Statistical Units Address
Names

See See See See See

Transport Transport
previous previous previous previous previous RAMI See next slide See next slide See next slide
Features Network
slide slide slide slide slide

Highway Routing Routing Connecting Connectin

Restriction Road Line Path Path Node Path Link
Dedication Hazard Structure Link g Node

Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Road Track or Ferry

Ferry Link Ferry Node
Area Line Point Path Terminal

Reinstatement Reinstatement Reinstatement Road Road

Rail Road Road Node Street
Area Line Point Junction Link

Special Special Special Cartographic

Designation Area Designation Line Designation Point Rail Detail

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 9 themes 13 collections 81 feature types

Core Content

Buildings Water Land Structures Transport Land Use Administrative & Statistical Units Address Geographic Names

See See See See See See

previous previous previous previous previous previous Boundaries GB Address
Islands
Address
Named Features

slide slide slide slide slide slide

Boundary High Polling

Ceremonial County County
Watermark District Built Address Built Address
Named
Area

Devolved Parliament Devolved Parliament

Electoral Boundary Electoral Region Electoral Division Ward
Historic Named
Historic Address Address Point

Westminster GLA Assembly Lower Tier Local Parish Or

Constituency Constituency Authority Community
Non-Addressable Object Non-Addressable Object
Upper Tier Local Historic European
Historic County Region
Authority Region

Regional Pre-build Address Pre-build Address

Authority

Street Address Street Address

 ▪ OS NGD API – Features

▪ OS NGD API – Tiles

OS Data
New APIs

Hub
▪ OS Select+Build
Customers can select the data they want and build
their own datasets.
New download
service ▪ And the National Geographic Database will be
enriched with new data too

© Ordnance Survey | OFFICIAL

A new download service to select only the data users need and
build their own bespoke data packages
Providing complex functionality in an easy user experience

▪ Select by theme, collection or feature type

▪ Filter by attribute (driven by generic CQL2 library)
▪ Handy definitions to help understand the data
▪ Supports both GeoPackage and CSV
▪ Up to daily supply
▪ GB or Area of Interest supplies
▪ Full Supply Or Change Only Update
Through OS Select+Build OS is giving the capability for customers to define their own recipes and create data packages.

What do we mean
OS NGD Recipe Data Packages by a ‘recipe’?

• A customer defining the

Selection specific data they want
being made in from the OS NGD.
OS
Select+Build
Themes, • Single or multiple data
Collections, Feature packages can be created
Types
from a defined recipe.

OFFICIAL
OFFICIAL | March 2022
The OS NGD API – Features is one of the mechanisms for
accessing the National Geographic Database (NGD)

Based on the OGC API – Features standard, enabling customers

to have the most detailed geographic data for online analysis to
generate new insights.
▪ Request specific features using spatial, attribute
and/or time queries (using CQL2)
▪ Interrogate highly detailed feature information.
▪ Freely discover what data collections are available.
▪ Explore the data schemas & queryables.
▪ Request data in GeoJSON format.
▪ Visualise Ordnance Survey data and apply your own
styling.
▪ Filtering in the OS NGD API – Features has been made more
readable and understandable.
A
▪ Extended the number of operators available. <ogc:Filter>
<ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
<ogc:PropertyName>DescriptiveGroup</ogc:PropertyName>
▪ Temporal Filtering <ogc:Literal>Archway</ogc:Literal>
</ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
</ogc:Filter>
Below are the supported operators:

Operator Type Supported Operators

EQUAL TO [ = ], LESS THAN [ < ], LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO [ <=

Comparison ], GREATER THAN [ > ], GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO [ >= ], IS
NULL, LIKE, IN, BETWEEN
/filter=description=‘Archway’ B
Logical AND, OR, NOT [ <> ]

Array AEQUALS, ACONTAINS, CONTAINEDBY, AOVERLAPS

Spatial INTERSECTS

Temporal Datetime
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 Thank You
Community
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110+ Member Meetings
60+ Alliance and Liaison partners
50+ Standards Working Groups
45+ Domain Working Groups
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10+ Regional and Country Forums

Innovation
120+ Innovation Initiatives
380+ Technical reports
Quarterly Tech Trends monitoring

Standards
65+ Adopted Standards
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1,700,000+ Operational Data Sets
Using OGC Standards

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