NPE Now Covers the Isle of Man
The
NPE Map project combines the public domain information contained within out of copywrite maps, with a nice web interface with the aim of building a Free postcode database. The project has been picked up by various people on the Geodata scene: there is a JOSM plugin that allows people to derive vectors from the data and contribute them to Openstreetmap – though I cant get it to work at the moment.
The map collection has also been put onto a WMS by GetMapping, as this demo shows:
For those interested in hacking, the WMS connection string is:
http://www.getmapping.com/iedirectimage/getmappingwms.aspx
The most recent addition to the NPE mapset has been the Isle of Man, though its not currently served by the WMS:
More free than:
INSERT_MAP()
In places like the Isle of Man where nothing that drastic changes over 50 years or so (no Motorways or dual carrigeways for example), the NPE maps can offer a way to produce independent cartogaphy very quickly and easily. Exciting times!
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