Category: News
From time to time we post a news article here in addition to on social media or our email newsletter. This is the news archive.
OpenCage Data join as a corporate member
We are delighted to share with you the news that OpenCage Data have joined us as a corporate member. The team at OpenCage Data are long term supporters of OpenStreetMap […]
Welcoming CEN Group as our first corporate member
As OpenStreetMap United Kingdom continues to grow, February marked the beginning of our corporate membership. We are delighted to welcome CEN Group as our founding corporate member. We asked Steve […]
Feedback on OS MasterMap sought at geospatial user workshops
Following the government’s announcement to form a Geospatial Commission with the initial task “to establish how to open up freely the OS MasterMap data”, workshops are being run in several […]
Our asks of the Geospatial Commission
Introduction OpenStreetMap United Kingdom Community Interest Company (C.I.C), supports the members and users of the OpenStreetMap project who either reside in the UK, or who undertake activities associated with UK […]
UK set to benefit from the release of more geospatial data
Last week the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Autumn Budget to Parliament. This included the announcement of a new Geospatial Commission tasked with maximising the value of all UK […]
Jump in to our quarterly mapping project
The results are in. For our Oct-Nov-Dec quarterly mapping project we will be focusing on addresses. Although it is early days we already have some amazing tools available to track […]
Join the conversation
As with any new company, we have lots to do and a lot of decisions to make. Although we continue to monitor the “talk-gb” mailing list, often it’s nice to […]
Why Local Chapter status matters
OSMUK Directors Gregory, Jon and Rob attended State of the Map 2017, the annual OpenStreetMap Conference, in Aizuwakamatsu, Japan. The event provided the perfect opportunity to sign a Local Chapters […]