Office of Public Sector Information

Posted by: Workshop on Finding and Re-using Public Information

Public Sector Information Holder: Local Government Information House (LGIH)

Information Asset: National Land Property Gazetteer (NLPG)

The problem

At the Open Knowledge Foundation Workshop on Finding and Re-using Public Information, a list of 15-20 key government / public datasets were identified, of which this was one. The National Land and Property Gazetteer is available for re-use, but you have to buy it commercially, restricting its wider re-use, particularly by not-for profit organisations or start-up innovators. This type of basic information, collected by local authorities should be made available free of charge, to all who want it.

My ideal solution

Free access to the NLPG, particularly for not for profit applications or for start-up innovators.

What I would do

As with the National Street Gazetteer, the NLPG is a core dataset which is useful for a wide range of applications - basically anytime you have an address and you want to do a mash-up, the NLPG is of use.