OS MasterMap Its Not As Difficult As You Think

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OS MasterMap -Its Not As Difficult As You Think

• Eddie Curtis
• CTO, Snowflake Software

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Snowflake Software

• Based in Southampton, founded October 2001
• Key Partnerships Ordnance Survey, Laser-Scan,
  OpenGIS and Oracle
• Development of software products which provide
  turn key solutions to integrating GML within
  mainstream technologies such as Oracle 9i.

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OS MasterMap - the next generation of GI data

• Owes more to mainstream IT than GIS
• Uses ideas from XML/GML
• Assumes fine grained data management
• Moves towards and object based model (away from
  cartography)
• Richer attribution to support a wider set of
  applications

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OS MasterMap GIS or database?
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Countryside Council for Wales

• The Countryside Council for Wales is the
  Government's statutory adviser on sustaining
  natural beauty, wildlife and the opportunity for
  outdoor enjoyment in Wales and its inshore
  waters. The national wildlife conservation
  authority.
• The GI data repository must
• Provide data for staff in 16 field offices.
• Support map production in the HQ cartography
  department
• Archive deleted and modified features
• Be implemented by a small GIS team
• Produce Land-Line style maps.

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Countryside Council for Wales
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Telematics Demonstrator

• National Coverage OS MM
• Address
• ITN
• Topo

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Telematics Demonstrator
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Hampshire County Council
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Summary

• OS MasterMap can be
• Used and managed with off-the-shelf tools.
• Implemented quickly.
• Introduced gradually.
• Implemented by GIS departments
• Implemented by IT departments

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• Any Questions?