014. John Adam St Gang: Intelligent Addressing; Ezine June 2006

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    +-------------------+| June 2006 Edition |+-------------------+

    General:

    1. PGA Procurement on Hold2. NLPG and NSG Exemplar Awards 20063. LLPG and LSG Authority Dataset Improvement Schedules4. AGI Seminar5. Job Vacancy at Intelligent Addressing

    NLPG:

    1. BS 7666 Review and Software Vendors

    2. Links with Royal Mail3. Status 3, 4 and 5 LLPGs

    NSG:

    1. Success of NSG May Publication2. EXOR Conference in Bristol3. LSG and NSG System Suppliers Meeting4. HAUC South East Conference

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    [General]**1. PGA Procurement on Hold**

    We have been notified that most of the lots being procured bycentral government

    through the Pan Government Agreement 2 (PGA2), which is beingmanaged by DCLG, have

    not been awarded because the bids received were not compliantwith the terms required.

    The PGA covers a broadly similar range of geographicinformation services to those

    of the MSA.

    The lots awarded are numbers 6 and 12 which relate to aerialphotography, where

    Next Perspectives and Getmapping have been successful. DCLGhave informed us that

    they are considering whether or not to commence a furtherprocurement process in

    respect of the lots that have not been awarded, which includeaddressing and gazetteers.

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    **2. NLPG and NSG Exemplar Awards 2006**As a result of pleas from a number of authorities the deadline

    for entries for therange of awards is being extended to 5pm on Friday 7th July

    2006.

    Please take this opportunity to blow your own trumpet and putforward an entry orentries illustrating the benefits your authority is achieving

    from its LSG/LLPGimplementation(s). We re aware of many praiseworthy

    applications in an increasinglybroad range of activities and functions.

    The entry procedure isn t onerous and I suggest that it s in

    your interest tomake the case. I have heard from one custodian that he

    doesn t know all the applicationsthat the authority s LLPG now supports, because it s takenfor granted that

    it will be used in all of them! This is, of course, what theLLPG/NLPG/LSG/NSG

    were designed for but it would be useful to record the fact incase pressure is

    put on resources to maintain the highest quality LLPG/LSG. Italso helps your peers

    in other authorities who need to make the case for theirLLPG/LSG both in terms

    of the benefits to be gained but also the resources required tosustain them.

    The [1]awards brochureis on both the NLPG and NSG web sites. If you have any queries

    about making anentry please contact me.

    Tony BlackEmail:[2]Tony Black ablack@intelligent-

    addressing.co.uk

    [1] /documents/june06/Exemplar%20Awards%20Brochure%202006.pdf[2] mailto:[email protected]

    **3. LLPG and LSG Authority Dataset Improvement Schedules**All but a handful of the LLPG and LSG Authority Dataset Delivery

    Improvement Scheduleshave been received by Intelligent Addressing at the time of

    going to press. Theseschedules show each creating authority s commitment to meeting

    the terms outlinedwithin the MSA and reflect the position that they will be in, as

    far as their LLPGand LSG are concerned, when the agreement comes into effect on

    1st October 2006.

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    Whilst all LLPG creating authorities are required to up-datethe hub on a monthly

    or better basis, it is encouraging to note that two thirds havecommitted to updating

    on a fortnightly or better by March 2007. This is asubstantial improvement when

    compared to under one third committed to fortnightly or betterupdates at March2006.

    The next financial year s Dataset Delivery ImprovementSchedules will be distributed

    to creating authorities early in 2007 and will be requiredannually thereafter.

    **4. AGI Seminar**

    The AGI s Public Policy Special Interest Group has arranged aseminar on TheUK SDI a Knowledge Based Economy needs a Spatial Data

    Infrastructure ?. Oneof the presentations will be from Tim Allen of the LGA on

    Local Concepts ?.Another will be from the contractor awarded the contract to

    develop the UK GI Strategyby the Geographic Information Panel. It s being held on

    Thursday 6th July in London.[1]Link to

    AGI

    [1] http://www.agi.org.uk/pooled/articles/BF_EVENTART/view.asp?Q=BF_EVENTART_184715

    **5. Job Vacancy at Intelligent Addressing**Intelligent Addressing is requesting applications for a [1] Java

    Web Developer. Applicants should send their CV to [2]jobs. The deadline for

    applications is

    June 30th 2006.

    [1] http://www.intelligent-addressing.co.uk/news.htm[2] mailto:[email protected]

    [NLPG]**1. BS 7666 Review and Software Vendors**

    A morning meeting has been arranged for 28th June with allexisting accredited LLPG

    maintenance software providers to discuss the revised BS 7666data model. The

    main aims of the morning meeting will be:

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    (i) to ascertain a broad idea of software development timescales

    for implementingBS 7666 (2006) across the range of products already in use by

    local custodians andultimately a cut-off date for the NLPG Hub to operate under the

    BS 7666 (2000) framework,(ii) to start to define requirements for a revised DTFspecification to meet the

    requirements of the revised parts of the standard,(iii) to briefly investigate the provision of an XML schema to

    transfer LLPG dataand:(iv) discuss any other metadata requirements that would be

    useful in light of thepast 5 years of implementing BS 7666 in conjunction with the

    NLPG initiative.

    The afternoon session will concentrate on the proposed changesto Part 1 of BS 7666

    (2006) and the implications around:

    (i) the changes made within the 2006 publication,(ii) the revised codes of practice and(iii) the potential move towards change only updates.

    Subsequent to the meeting a briefing to all LLPG and LSG

    custodians will be made

    via regional custodian groups and your regional chairs togetherwith a request forall local authority custodians that operate their own LLPG and

    LSG maintenance softwareto attend a similar meeting to understand any internal database

    development thatneeds to be implemented for the new standard revision. This is

    scheduled to startin early-mid July.

    **2. Links with Royal Mail**Formal discussions have been slow to make progress with regard

    to the commercialand licensing side of local government working with Royal Mail

    in the supply ofaddress information via a single direct, consistent and regular

    feed through theNLPG. The outcome of these talks will pave the way for how this

    can be achievedtechnically and when the pilot study can commence. All

    regional chairs are beinginformed of progress with this project.

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    **3. Status 3, 4 and 5 LLPGs**For the benefit of authorities with Status 1 and Status 2 LLPGs

    now developing county/regionalinitiatives, and for emergency service organisations needing to

    use LLPGs we arepublishing the [1]list of authorities still in the early stages

    of their LLPG creation.

    [1] /documents/june06/June%2006%20Ezine%203-4-5%20table.pdf

    [NSG]**1. Success of NSG May Publication**

    The May upload was the best ever, with 151 updated Local StreetGazetteers being

    published as part of the National Street Gazetteer; 112 of these

    at level 3. Allnon-submitting Highway Authorities are reminded that LSGsubmissions must be at

    Level 3 by October 2006, and to enable the October deadline tobe met custodians

    should take the opportunity to make monthly submissions in theintervening period;

    from October monthly submissions will become mandatory.

    We would like to take this opportunity to thank all LSGcustodians and their teams

    for the hard work in making this quarter such a success;especially as the compliancetests were slightly tightened during May and many gazetteers

    required extra cleansingin order to pass the quality control checks.

    The June window for LSG submissions is currently open with seven

    LSG extracts passingthe compliance tests so far.

    **2. EXOR Conference in Bristol**Nick Turner, NSG National Custodian, exhibited at the EXOR

    Conference in Bristolon June 14/15th and gave a [1]presentationcovering the role of Intelligent Addressing and the Local and

    National benefitsof maintaining complete and comprehensive Local Street

    Gazetteers and Local Landand Property Gazetteers. The exhibition and conference was a

    great success and Nickwould like to thank all custodians and statutory undertakers who

    attended his presentationand visited the Intelligent Addressing stand over the two days.

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    [1] /documents/june06/Exor%20Presentation.pdf

    **3. LSG and NSG System Suppliers Meeting**IA will be holding a meeting with the LSG and NSG system

    suppliers on the afternoonof Wednesday June 28th 2006 to discuss the implications of

    BS7666 (2006 Reviewand the Codes of Practice. The session will concentrate onproposed changes to Part

    1 of BS 7666 (2006) and the implications around:

    (i) the changes to be made within the 2006 publication, (ii)the proposed revised

    codes of practice and (iii) the potential move towards changeonly updates. The

    findings of the meeting will be discussed at the next LSGRegional Chairs meeting.

    **4. HAUC South East Conference**IA will be exhibiting at the HAUC South East Conference in

    September 2006.You canregister for the event [1] here.

    [1] http://www.sehauc.org.uk/venue%20form.htm