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Overview of base mapping available via Astun Data Services & OS Maps API
The OS Maps API will soon replace replaces the ADS OS Premium base maps.
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ADS hosts two wonderful 'licence-free' historical base maps covering the Surrey area, created from source data courtesy of James Rutter at Surrey Heath Borough Council which is now out of copyright.
Colonel Mudge 1819 survey | John Rocque 1767 survey |
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Other Base Maps
It is possible to configure iShare and desktop GIS to use a range of alternative base maps, for instance PSGA members are free to register and utilise base maps from APGB to display aerial imagery, infrared imagery and height data . You can see how on this page Configure iShare to use Aerial Photography from APGB.
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Boundary-Line - loaded by default into the iShareData database
AddressBase Premium - loaded by default into the iShareData database
OS MasterMap Topography - loaded on request into the SDW
Code-Point Open - loaded on request into the SDW
Syndicated OpenData Services
Syndicated OpenData Services include national coverage of the following data:
OpenData feeds are syndicated (cached and pre-processed on Astun servers) and served as an Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Services (OGC WFS) |
NHS Choices
NHS Choices provides public access to health service related information via the web. This includes name, address, postcode, location and URL information for individual services (pharmacies, opticians, hospitals, doctors and dentists). Furthermore the URLs returned from NHS Choices link to a host of additional information, for example, contact information and opening times.
The Astun Data Services (ADS) NHS Choices Downloader essentially acts as a central repository for the NHS Choices data for England. This links seamlessly with the iShare platform allowing NHS service information to be displayed on map layers.
Neighbourhood Crime
The Police UK provide public access to information about neighbourhood areas in all 43 English & Welsh police forces. All forces are required to keep this data accurate and up to date. Astun Data Services [ADS] provide a Police Downloader in the form of a WFS connection for you to download this information.
GIAS / EduBase
There a new service from http://GOV.UK called Get information about schools (GIAS), which replaces the EduBase service for educational professionals in England. The service supplies a register of educational establishments in England and Wales, maintained by the Department for Education. It provides information on establishments providing compulsory, higher and further education.
The Astun Data Services (ADS) GIAS / EduBase Downloader essentially acts as a central repository for the Educational establishments data for England & Wales and, as the structure of the data has not changed, neither has this service.. This links seamlessly with the iShare platform allowing educational information to be displayed on map layers.
OS Datasets
National coverage of County, District, Ward and Electoral Division boundaries are automatically configured for iShare in the Cloud customers. On-premise customers may ask their Astun Consultant if they require these datasets. Other OS datasets including MasterMap and AddressBase Premium are also available on request.
OS Open Names
OS Open Names is a comprehensive list of Great Britain’s place names, road names and numbers and postcodes combined into one product, increasing search flexibility. It has been designed for multipurpose use – for easy integration into business data warehouses, containing features that enhance the user’s experience in mobile and web mapping applications. The postcodes can be used by creators of route-planning applications as a start or end point.
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Backup/Restore and Disaster Recovery
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