Open footprints for England and Wales
This is our second CASA blog on the release of comprehensive open footprint data for the UK. In our earlier post we looked value of this dataset for the intelligent cities debate and the potential of OS Open Map Local (OML) to accelerate comprehensive cover. We also identified a quick method of creating detailed open footprints for local areas/local communities, by merging OML with out of copyright historical maps. Using OML and INSPIRE to create open footprints for England a
New methods of creating UK Open footprint data
One of the greatest impediments to innovation in the UK in terms of sustainable city development continues to involve lack of access to open building footprint data. All cities are made up of buildings. Like cells and atoms these constitute recognisable granular building blocks which collectively do much to determine a city's appearance, character, health and potential. Gathering data on a these buildings, and understanding the contribution of each to the city as a whole, is
