OS Open Names

Owned by Kim Stimpson
Last updated: 19 Sept, 2019
1 min read
System CategoryAddressing
SourceSyndicated by Astun Data Services
Available since
2015
Organisation

Overview

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.

Astun Data Services (ADS) host the OS Open Names data and supply a Search Web Service which may be used in QGIS or custom applications.

OS OpenNames search

Usage

Query string parameters

NameTypeDescriptionManiditory
qStringPlace, street or postcode to search forMandatory
callbackStringName of JSONP callbackOptional
Example Request
https://t0.ads.astuntechnology.com/open/search/osopennames/?q=greyfield

Response

Default content-type is application/json with results expressed in GeoJSON. If the callback parameter is present content-type is application/javascript.

Example Response
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[-2.51448801101229,51.3250182606225]},"bbox":[-2.517612843067295,51.324105397151826,-2.511076898091074,51.325986243667153],"properties":{"id":2361237,"search_short":"Greyfield Road (BS39, High Littleton)","search_full":"Greyfield Road (BS39, High Littleton)","source":"road","easting":364247.000774621,"northing":158560.999464309}},{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[-2.53727563419132,51.3211303426208]},"bbox":[-2.537813779926830,51.320786216218160,-2.536783763811146,51.321423189899527],"properties":{"id":2361401,"search_short":"Greyfield View (BS39, Temple Cloud)","search_full":"Greyfield View (BS39, Temple Cloud)","source":"road","easting":362656.000773438,"northing":158139.999463718}},{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[-2.51413665398385,51.3243993690543]},"bbox":[-2.514732487289310,51.324060626423119,-2.513517907564965,51.324950542007350],"properties":{"id":2361664,"search_short":"Greyfield Common (BS39, High Littleton)","search_full":"Greyfield Common (BS39, High Littleton)","source":"road","easting":364271.000774627,"northing":158491.999464261}},{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[-0.108336034846318,51.3315229455655]},"bbox":[-0.108706607025691,51.331522945565517,-0.108321687234922,51.331877529338975],"properties":{"id":1374474,"search_short":"Greyfields Close (CR8, Purley)","search_full":"Greyfields Close (CR8, Purley)","source":"road","easting":531884.337878183,"northing":160857.007495363}}]}

Examples

Click on the links so see what is returned: