Future OS NGD Data Enhancements
OS NGD delivery roadmap
In the future, we plan to deliver over 30 data enhancements to the OS NGD. As we design and develop these data enhancements, more details will be added to this page.
Recently delivered enhancements to the OS NGD are listed on the What's New? page
Planned data enhancements to the OS NGD
Buildings
New attribution for buildings to provide additional information on the number of floors, building height and building status (built or under construction).
Attribution on building roofs (including roof shape, aspect, construction material, and presence of solar panels and green roofs)
Access locations for key public buildings
Land and Land Use
Even more land use sites for commercial, industrial, community, amenity, infrastructure, residential, and construction sites
Improved land use attribution in the Land Feature Type
Access purpose information for major public sites
Extending inter tidal areas to include obscured polygons beneath elevated structures
New attribution to indicate whether vacant or derelict land
Water
Improved river width attribution
New feature types for continuous tidelines to complement the existing Tidal Boundary Feature Type
Transport
New attribution for cycle lanes, streetlights and bus lanes
Geographical Names
Enhanced names and places data, such as vernacular names, tunnels, and bridge interactions.
Address
Ongoing improvements to address data regarding the consistency of address positioning, usage classifications, address lifecycle and business names
Administrative and Statistical Units
Improved alignment of administrative and electoral boundaries with topographic features, where appropriate
Addition of feature types for postcode points and enhanced postcode areas
Change
Improved 'reason for change' metadata to make it easier for customers to identify change that is relevant to their use cases
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