Tag: Meridian 2

OpenStreetMap and Meridian 2 – releasing the outputs

Back in September, during AGI Geocommunity ’09, I had a chat with Jo Cook about the barriers to the use of OpenStreetMap data by people who are not experts in the ways the data was created and don’t have the time and resources to evaluate the quality of the information. One of the difficulties is … Continue reading OpenStreetMap and Meridian 2 – releasing the outputs →

OpenStreetMap and Ordnance Survey Master Map – Beyond good enough

In June, Aamer Ather, an M.Eng. student at the department, completed his research comparing OpenStreetMap (OSM) to Ordnance Survey Master Map Integrated Transport Layer (ITN). This was based on the previous piece of research in which another M.Eng. student, Naureen Zulfiqar, compared OSM to Meridian 2. There are really surprising results. The analysis shows that … Continue reading OpenStreetMap and Ordnance Survey Master Map – Beyond good enough →