miso, the leading translator of OS data sets, have released a fully featured solution for the complex OS Highways Network data set to the OpenSource community. The community has delivered a huge amount of value to the GIS world, and miso wants to support this. This release will provide the GIS community with a fantastic opportunity to adopt this very powerful new OS dataset.
The OS Highways Network dataset is both very powerful and hugely complex. The miso translator cools this complexity, making the dataset usable in an everyday form. Specifically it processes the data:
- In a one-click operation
- Into Geopackage format, together with all the files required for styling in MapInfo Pro
- With a workspace including both an OS Highways and an NSG Streets window
- Suitable for loading into any spatial database system
- Spatially referenced using British National Grid (BNG).
The solution is built on the widely available FME technology and released as an FME workspace which can be run on FME Desktop Pro 2018.1 upwards. FME was chosen as it is the best technology to deliver the “heavy lifting” required and is widely adopted in both the OpenSource and GIS communities. The workspace has been uploaded to GitHub and can be found here.
The solution is built on the widely available FME technology and released as an FME workspace which can be run on FME Desktop Pro 2018.1 upwards. FME was chosen as it is the best technology to deliver the “heavy lifting” required and is widely adopted in both the OpenSource and GIS communities. The workspace has been uploaded to GitHub and can be found here.
The completely open nature of the release means that customers and other suppliers will be able to follow up this initiative, for example by styling for QGIS and ESRI ArcMap software.
Said Ben Allan, MD of miso, “We are delighted that we have been able to release this workspace and at the same time support the OpenSource community. This is a really powerful dataset and I hope that our contribution here will enable its great value to be enjoyed by the whole GIS community”.
There is also an option to upgrade to a more sophisticated HighwayMap™ DataOptimiser service. This adds further value to the data set, including custom symbols resembling road signs, and produces native MapInfo tab files for 32-bit or 64-bit MapInfo Pro v12.0 and above.
About miso
Miso is the trading name of Dotted Eyes Ltd. Their products and services are dedicated to making working with data easier. They have over 20 years of experience in tackling complex geospatial and data-management challenges for clients across the UK. These clients are predominantly in the public sector, but recently, miso have conducted hugely successful projects with national organisations, Costain, A-One+, and Bibby HydroMap.
Miso are Platinum Partners with Safe Software, the developers behind the market-leading ETL tool, FME. Winners of multiple Safe Software partner awards, miso have supplied FME software and services to over 200 organisations during their illustrious 20 year partnership.
Miso are based in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter. They can be contacted by calling 0121 232 8000 or emailing info@misoportal.com.
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