On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 21:57:24 +0100 mick mbm@rlogin.net wrote:
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 17:35:35 +0100 mick mbm@rlogin.net allegedly wrote:
On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:25:26 +0100 (BST) (Ted Harding) Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk allegedly wrote:
Has any one tried to actually download any of the OS Map Data, supposedly just released on "OpenData" access?
As detailed, for instance, by the Guardian today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/apr/02/ ordnance-survey-open-data
[equivalent: http://tinyurl.com/yf9dr5y ]
Signed up at 16.00. Still waiting for email at 17.30.
And as at 21.45 today, I am /still/ waiting for a reply.
Damned good mail server they must use. Big queue.
Mick
Maybe the mail server is having to compete with a rush of downloads of the mapping data. The mapping data is big so if there is high demand there will be lots of traffic.
Or maybe the codes are being deliberately sent out slowly to ease the burden on the servers.
Has anyone yet identified how to use the data yet? The raster images in TIF format seem straight forward but the various vector formats are more interesting with a number of file extensions and formats I have not come across before. Has anyone worked out what these are or whether there are any free software tools to work with them?
Steve.
and free/open source software that is able to make use of the vector data?