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We have one million high-confidence addresses [*] so it looks more like this. Despite the
collaborative maintenance we lack authoritative and hence little chance of becoming definitive
Authoritative and definitive UK address list
- where the address data is safe to use
- where each record has confidence and provenance
Bulk
- Download
- Upload
APIs
- Add
- Parse
- Validate
- Search
URLs
- Linked data
- Extensibility
Few Service Providers
- Aggregators, digital,telecoms, public sector, distribution, academics, manufacturers etc
Services
- Websites,
Few Users
- The people who use the services
Revenueforsustainability
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Open Addresses - for Bath Hacked
- 1. The world’s first open address business https://openaddressesuk.org @openaddressesuk
- 2. Contents - Overview - Growing the data - Multiplying addresses - Smart address input - Questions
- 3. Overview In the UK addresses are currently a closed asset owned by private and public sector institutions. Open Addresses make address data available for everyone to use for free, build a community to maintain it, and create paid-for services to fund it. Open Addresses is wholly owned by the not-for-profit Open Data Institute. Maintain Publish Gather https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 4. Benefits Social and economic value Speed and quality We estimate that opening up UK addresses will create yearly social and economic value of >£110m as more people will use them We will reduce the time it takes for one of the UK’s 130,000 new addresses per year to get published from months to days New businesses and services Efficiency Resolvable identifiers will allow new businesses and services to be created through linked data We will provide address services that are cheaper and simpler for service providers to use, integrate and maintain https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 5. How people will use the services ● To enter free-format addresses ● To correct bad data ● To locate addresses ● To supplement other data ● To create new services https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 6. How we gather data Alpha Beta Live Bulk open datasets, crowdsourcing Large, closed datasets? Statistical & geospatial inference Collaborative maintenance https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 7. Collaborative maintenance The more users on the platform the higher the quality of the data Service providers and users automatically produce information about new and existing addresses as they use the services. Our algorithms weight this data to improve the data and service. AddressBase PAF https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 8. How we will grow the user base With sponsorship we can grow the user base faster by extending free trialist services Alpha Beta Live Open/geo community Social comms Commercial trialists Mainstream media Public sector trialists Technology media Paying customers https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 9. Team Jeni Tennison - Exec Director Steven Feldman - Non-Exec Jeni is one of the UK’s open data pioneers. She is a Director of the Open Data Institute, a member of multiple Government data advisory boards and chairs a W3C working group Through Steven’s consultancy KnowWhere, he works as a non-executive director, a strategic consultant and an investor, advisor and mentor to technology startups Andy Hird - Non-Exec Dr Mike Sanderson - Non-Exec Andy is Managing Director of Aligned Assets Limited, the UK’s largest independent Address Management and gazetteer solution providers Mike is the Director of Strategy at 1Spatial, a company which provides software and solutions to manage large spatial data. He is is also a Visiting Research Fellow at Leeds Business School and a mentor on the Judge Business School’s Ignite programme https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 10. Contents - Overview - Growing the data - Multiplying addresses - Smart address input - Questions
- 11. Data: changing needs As we build an authoritative, definitive dataset we expected data needs to change over time Existing open datasets and inference to tackle the bulk of the challenge “80/20” rule Ongoing, collaborative maintenance Targetted work. Low- volume records to fill existing gaps in available datasets NB: dates are “just for fun” https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 12. Data: changing needs But IPR got in the way of existing open datasets Many are not really open Ask me about digital cholera :-( We had to adapt our plans…..
- 13. Contents - Overview - Growing the data - Multiplying addresses - Smart address input - Questions
- 14. ZE “view fae shona and peters”, (C) Peter MacKinnon, licensed under CC-BY 2.0.
- 15. Fogralea ZE1 0SE © Open Addresses Ltd. https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 16. Imagery © 2015 DigitalGlobe, Map data © Google Maps
- 17. Fogralea ZE1 0SE © Open Addresses Ltd. https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 18. 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 Fogralea ZE1 0SE https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 19. 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 Fogralea ZE1 0SE https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 20. What about nos. 1 to 4? Same postcode? We cannot know! Fogralea ZE1 0SE https://openaddressesuk.org @peterkwells
- 21. How can you help?
- 22. I’ve seen the future...
- 23. Fogralea, Sound, ZE1 0SE ● Map: sourced from OS Street View ● Yellow dots: street mid lines (from OS Locator) ● Blue lines: street geometry (from OS VectorMap District combined with OS Meridian 2 and OS Locator) ● Red dots: postcode centroids (from ONS’ Postcode Directory). ● Red hatched area: street buffer zone 25m either side of the street mid line (calculated)
- 24. Meadow Lane, Chester, CH4 7BH ● Map: sourced from OS Street View ● Yellow dots: street mid lines (from OS Locator) ● Blue lines: street geometry (from OS VectorMap District combined with OS Meridian 2 and OS Locator) ● Black lines: Land Registry’s INSPIRE Index Polygons ● Red dots: postcode centroids (from ONS’ Postcode Directory). ● Green rectangles: street bounding boxes (from OS Locator) ● Red hatched area: street buffer zone 25m either side of the street mid line (calculated) Note: the extra features are available thanks to the Land Registry’s open data offering for England and Wales.
- 25. Contents - Overview - Growing the data - Multiplying addresses - Smart address input - Questions
- 26. The Open Addresses platform Our aim is to build a sustainable model like this. The value is in an authoritative and definitive dataset which is collaboratively maintained. Authoritative and definitive UK address list - where the address data is safe to use - where each record has confidence and provenance Bulk - Download - Upload APIs - Add - Parse - Validate - Search URLs - Linked data - Extensibility Service Providers - Aggregators, digital, telecoms, public sector, distribution, academics, manufacturers etc Services - Websites, Users - The people who use the services Value Revenueforsustainability
- 27. The (lack of a) network effect We have one million high-confidence addresses [*] so it looks more like this. Despite the collaborative maintenance we lack authoritative and hence little chance of becoming definitive Authoritative and definitive UK address list - where the address data is safe to use - where each record has confidence and provenance Bulk - Download - Upload APIs - Add - Parse - Validate - Search URLs - Linked data - Extensibility Few Service Providers - Aggregators, digital,telecoms, public sector, distribution, academics, manufacturers etc Services - Websites, Few Users - The people who use the services Revenueforsustainability Value
- 28. Building Blocks If we drill into the platform we see something interesting. The building blocks for addresses are creating value in our address list. Can we build a value proposition from this? Bulk - Download - Upload APIs - Add - Parse - Validate - Search URLs - Linked data - Extensibility Value Building Blocks - towns, postcodes, streets - used to parse data and provide confidence in the address list - links between towns, postcodes and streets are learned from addresses Authoritative and definitive UK address list - where the address data is safe to use - where each record has confidence and provenance Revenueforsustainability
- 29. Smart address input One of the needs that building blocks can support is improving address entry on websites This can meet user needs, provide value to service providers and provide clean addresses for the address list. Win! Win! Win! We are building a proof-of-concept…..
- 30. It will give people less of this Giff Gaff on desktop Hungry House on mobile The Jigsaw Puzzle Club Lots of fields Exceptions BIG dropdown lists
- 31. And more of this Citymapper Google Maps Suggestions, simpler experience, higher completion rate
- 32. Contents - Overview - Growing the data - Multiplying addresses - Smart address input - Questions
- 33. Any questions Hopefully the first one is “how can I help?” :) As a service provider As a developer / open data advocate / geospatial expert Think of how you would use our services and let us know Add more ideas or add “ready to load” datasets https://trello. com/b/UXqgc1wy/datasets Become a Beta trialist for the APIs Visualise and explore the current bulk download: https://alpha. openaddressesuk.org/data Let us know if you have data you are willing to contribute Comment on our algorithms: https://alpha.openaddressesuk. org/blog/2015/02/12/inference https://alpha.openaddressesuk. org/blog/2015/02/20/confidence Let us know if you would be willing to sponsor us whilst we grow Try our APIs: https://alpha.openaddressesuk.org/about/apidocu mailto:info@openaddressesuk.org Contribute some code: https://github.com/OpenAddressesUK Join the forums: https://github.com/OpenAddressesUK/forum
- 34. Open Addresses is building an open address database for the UK. It will be open and available to all, helping people, companies, non-profits and government work together to create a better service for everyone. Offices Where?