2. Maps fundamental to internet connectivity
• Where is my network?
• Where are my new customers?
• What is the best route between
the two?
• Costs for civils
• Costs for process
• Costs for tendering
• Costs impact investors, public
funding
3. Postcodes – for post, not maps
• Never intended for mapping.
• Postcode areas are generated
from locations.
• Too large, especially in rural
areas.
• What’s the postcode of a
lamp-post?
• Need something that gives
map co-ordinates of the asset
• UPRN, TOID, Proprietary
4. Stakeholders and Projects
• Geospatial Commission.
• DCMS – BDUK Mapping publicly-
funded assets.
• Enabling Public infrastructure
sharing.
• National Underground Asset
Register.
• Network design systems.
• Network builders and contractors.
• Ordnance Survey.
• LFFN.
• Gigabit Connectivity Scheme.
• Crown Commercial Service –
Dynamic Purchasing System.
• Any Local Authority project
seeking to increase coverage.
• Local Authority Planning system
(UPRNs exist before Postcodes)
• A common approach benefits all –
faster and cheaper network build
means more coverage more quickly
at less cost.
5. Mapping - UPRN
• Unique Property Reference Number –
established ecosystem for allocations
• Local Authorities
• GeoPlace
• OS
• Existing premises already have (re-use)
• Allocated to new premises at planning
stage
• Historically included some telecoms
and post infrastructure
• Phone box, post box, poles, airwave
• Why not cabinets, masts, other assets?
• Above ground?
• access points, chambers, duct
endpoints?
• Available in OS AddressBase Products
• 38 million addressable objects
• ONS
• National Statistics Address NHS
locations
• GP Registrations
• Local Authorities
• Valuation Office
• Land Registry
• Look−up
• USO
6. The Future of Digital Infrastructure Mapping
• Easier and quicker network design,
lower cost.
• Better data means better networks,
faster.
• Sharing infrastructure means lower
cost.
• Public data should be open access.
• Common approach to data is sane
approach.
• Better mapping benefits everyone:
customers, builders, investors,
policy.