The Prime Minister has announced that the public will have more access to Ordnance Survey maps from next year, as part of a government drive to open up data to improve transparency.
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Gordon Brown said the government and Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping agency, will open up the data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries, postcode areas and mapping information.
Mr Brown made the announcement at a Smarter Government seminar at Downing Street this afternoon.
He said:
“I think we’re on the verge of a revolution that can transform public services and the public sector. I’m speaking very specifically about how government can change to meet the needs of the times. I think we are determined to be the first government in the world to open up public information in a way that is far more accessible to the general public.”
Gordon Brown said Smarter Government will help secure necessary efficiencies while building on the public services already available.
During the Smarter Government seminar, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt spoke about the work they have been doing on the ‘Make Public Data Public‘ project. As part of the project, the Government has already released 1,100 datasets to the public.
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