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General:

1. IA Seeks OPSI Report Clarification2. NSAI Dropped by DCLG3. PSI Remains Underexploited!4. NLPG Website and Data Developments5. AGI INSPIRE Working Group Formed6. Further Guidelines for BS7666 Published7. LOCUS Considers the CUPI and The Power of Information Reports8. Value of LLPGs Expounded at AGI9. NLPG Underpins Award Winning Warwickshire Direct Service

Delivery Project

10. e-Petition on the PMs Website11. Recent Appointments at IA12. Dudley Seeks Gazetteer Officer

NLPG:

1. Major IT Infrastructure Upgrade at IA2. NLPG XML 7.4 Schema Released3. NLPG Developments & The Provision of Data to the VOA4. Transitioning to NLPG:2006 a Custodians Story

5. LLPG Workshop6. Forthcoming Regional Events

NSG:

1. Improving the NSG2. May LSG Updates3. Regional Chair Positions Vacant4. Forthcoming Events

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[General]**1. IA Seeks OPSI Report Clarification**Intelligent Addressing (IA) is still awaiting clarification from

OPSI on aspectsof the Complaint that we submitted. Once a full response has

been received a decisionwill be made as to what further action should be taken to secure

what we consider

to be fair and reasonable licensing terms from Ordnance Surveyfor the NLPG.


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In the meantime, the Government has at last responded to the OFTMarket Study onthe Commercial Use of Public Sector Information. The response

seems less than enthusiasticalthough, when taken together with the Cabinet Offices

response to the report

produced by the Prime Ministers Strategy Unit, [1]ThePower of Information?, authored by Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg, the recommendation that

the advantagesand disadvantages of the commercial approach taken by Trading

Funds should be properlyexamined in a wider context has been accepted. This is something

which IA has beenpressing for since 2002.

[1] http://www.nlpg.org.uk/documents/june07/power_information.pdf

**2. NSAI Dropped by DCLG**In a [1]Statement by Communities and Local Government on 1 June

2007 the

Department said it had.. "been considering its role in theproposed National Spatial

Address Infrastructure. During last year it consulted governmentdepartments on

the

core specification for addressing and continued to discuss thiswith Ordnance Survey

and the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA).The Department noted that there had been continued to be

improvements in the main

address products produced by the Ordnance Survey and the IDeAand expected thisto

continue. It also noted that, although there were stillchallenges posed by

addressing, local authorities were able to deliver efficienciesand government

departments are able to deliver their business without the NSAI.On balance,


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considering the competing demands on departmental resources, ithas concluded that

it should not carry out any further work on the NSAI at thistime.

In the meantime we will continue to encourage Ordnance Surveyand IDeA to further

their improvements, and would support new initiatives to improveaddressing

infrastructure that might arise through the TransformationalGovernment agenda."

[1] http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1510598

**3. PSI Remains Underexploited!**The European Commission published the keynote [1]address made by

Horst Forster atthe International Symposium

devoted to PSI held in Potsdam 4th and 5th June 2007.

The address titled Public Sector Information: A Motor for growthand Employment

outlined how the re-use of PSI within Europe would boosteconomic growth if the

conditions are right. The address reviewed the impact of the PSIDirective to date

and outlined the actions the EC was taking in the run up to the

review of the PSI

Directive in 2008. The presentation touched on MEPSIR, CUPI,OPSI, ePSIplus, INSPIRE

amongst other items.

Horst Forster is Director responsible for Digital Content andCognitive Systems

within the Information Society and Media Directorate of the EC.


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[1]http://www.epsiplus.net/epsiplus/media/files/horstforster_potsdam_june07_speec

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**4. NLPG Website and Data Developments**A new NLPG website is being developed by IA, together with a

number of secure web

services which takes the NLPG a step further in its vision ofproviding the

definitive and most up-to-date addressing service for Englandand Wales.

The new website will act as a gateway to a range of new secureservices availableto

MSA participants; the first of the new services have workingtitles of: NLPG

Search?, and NLPG Advance?. As well as having a mucheasier to use interfacethe

website will provide access to the full range of available NLPGrelated information.

The website will also provide particular support to localauthority LLPG Custodians

and Street Naming and Numbering (SNN) Officers those withinlocal authoritieswho

are responsible for the definitive street naming and numberingof roads, buildings

and property.


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NLPG Search?

The new NLPG Search? service will feature a Googletype? single searchbox with a

variety of display and download options. The search enginedeveloped behind the

NLPG Search? service will form the basis for the laterdevelopment of an NLPG

Search? web based service enabling users of NLPG data toseamlessly integrate

searches of the NLPG. As well as launching this revised NLPGSearch? service,

there are also plans to introduce a new NSG Search?service.

NLPG Advance?

NLPG Advance? will offer a new range of services, based onnew data, beingset up

to allow SNN Officers to collate and distribute information on

new and recently

changed buildings and property via the NLPG hub. Options willalso enable SNN

Officers to create and maintain their own distribution lists.


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The next development will be a facility for all MSA participants

and Custodiansbut

primarily the increasing number of Receiving Authorities, such

as the Police and

Fire Authorities and the County Councils. This will enablecandidate? properties

and general feedback to be sent to the NLPG hub for distributionto the relevant

Creating Authority.

More information on all of these new services will be providedin future Ezines,and

following further consultation.

NLPG:2006?

NLPG:2006? is the name given to the NLPG hub that managesNLPG data that isbased

on the updated version of BS7666 Parts 1 and 2. In order tohelp LLPG Custodians

produce a consistent set of LLPGs that are compliant to theupdated British

Standard, an "LLPG and SN&N Data Entry Data Entry Conventionsand Best Practicefor

the NLPG" document was made available to all LLPG Custodians inNovember of last


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year.

This document brings together a set of conventions and bestpractice to integrate

the important functions of SNN and LLPG maintenance within localgovernment.The overall aim of the new data entry conventions document is to

help LLPG

Custodians produce a consistent set of LLPGs, which feed intothe NLPG to facilitate

joined up working and the sharing of data across boundaries andorganisations. All

authorities should be producing LLPGs consistent to BS7666:2006from 1st October

2007.In the run-up to October 2007, some authorities will be

maintaining BS7666:2000

compliant LLPGs and some will be working to the new BS7666:2006guidelines. In order

to distinguish between the 2 versions and to underline adherenceto the latest

version of the national standard, the hub for the latter

national dataset gazetteer

will be described as NLPG:2006. From 1st October 2007, when itis anticipated that

all LLPGs will be BS7666:2006 compliant, the national datasetwill revert to be

described as the NLPG.

The national dataset, as a product, will continue to be known as


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the NLPG.

**5. AGI INSPIRE Working Group Formed**The AGI has announced the formation of an [1]INSPIRE Working

Group. At an inaugural

meeting on the 18th

June the group was formally established with Robin Waters,independent consultant

and European GI columnist, appointed as Chairman. It representsa broad and balanced

range of organisations including those from local government,

central governmentand

commerce.

The INSPIRE Directive aims to set up a European Spatial DataInfrastructure to

enable users to identify and access spatial or geographicalinformation from a wide

range of sources. A long term programme, INSPIRE came into forceon the 15th May

2007. EU Member States now have a two year period to transposethe Directive into

national law as well as to contribute to the Implementing Rules.The AGI is

registered with the European Commission as a Spatial DataInterest Community (SDIC)

and is committed to proactively supporting UK participation inall relevant INSPIRE

processes.

[1] http://www.agi.org.uk/pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_289464


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**6. Further Guidelines for BS7666 Published**Further Guidelines for BS7666:2006 Spatial datasets for

geographical referencing

have been published. These cover:Creating a street gazetteer;Creating a land and property gazetteer;

The [1]Guidelines complement the Standard (copies of

which may be purchased from AGI), with more detailed explanationof the contentand

a general approach to creation of gazetteers. They are notspecific to any

particular implementation and LLPG and LSG Custodians shouldalways refer to the

appropriate NLPG/NSG guidance from I&DeA when compiling andmaintaining their

gazetteers.

[1] http://www.agi.org.uk/bfora/systems/xmlviewer/default.asp?arg=DS_AGI_TRAINART_

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**7. LOCUS Considers the CUPI and The Power of InformationReports**The UK LOCUS Association June seminar was held on Monday 18th

June 2007 in central

London. The meeting considered The Trading Fund Model and thePSI Market. LOCUS

Chair Michael Nicholson welcomed the speakers and the delegatesbriefly mentioning

the LOCUS Manifesto and the LOCUS members present at the meeting

before going onto


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outline the topic of the evening and introduce the threeknowledgeable speakers:Antoinette Graves - Leader of the CUPI Team at the Office of

Fair Trading (OFT);Mark Harper MP Conservative front bench spokesman on

Defence;Mark Todd MP Labour Member of the Treasury Select Committeeand quoted as oneof

the busiest MPs in the current Parliament.

For a full report on the meeting click [1]here.

[1]http://www.epsiplus.net/epsiplus/news/we_live_in_interesting_times

**8. Value of LLPGs Expounded at AGI**David Heyes, the chair of the regional chairs LLPG custodians

group, represented

Local Government at the recent AGI Address Geography event.Dave's [1]presentationhighlighted the importance for authorities tocompile their own address lists at source, using the LLPG, to

underpin service

delivery tocitizens and customers, rather than procure third parties

address datasets. Davepresented first and set the tone for the rest of the day,

stimulating much debate

for definitive addressing.

[1] http://www.nlpg.org.uk/documents/june07/DavidHeyes.pdf

**9. NLPG Underpins Award Winning Warwickshire Direct ServiceDelivery Project**The Warwickshire Direct Partnership (WDP) which uses the NLPG to

underpin its

innovative CRM system, recently won the 'Shared Services' Awardfor e-Government

excellence. The CRM will migrate nearly 100 different boroughand district services


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it would be impossible to link all the different services that

the WDP CRM now

provides. Indeed the whole concept of a countywide CRM wouldhave been impossible

without accurate and reliable addressing. Where collaborationcan be achieved over

wider geographies, the efficiencies and savings that can be madeare substantial.

The Warwickshire Direct Partnership is already seeing the

benefits and its CRM is

helping them deliver a commendably high level of service to itscitizens,' continued

Nicholson.

**10. e-Petition on the PMs Website**

The petition to End the address dispute between LocalGovernment, Royal Mailand

Ordnance has now moved into the top 400 petitions out of 7692with 463 signatories.

[1]Prime

Minister's website.

[1] http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/freeaddresses/#detail

**11. Recent Appointments at IA**Kate de Groot (left) has recently joined IA as

Contracts Manager with responsibility for managing the MSA,having been workingas a

consultant for IA helping to develop their business processes to

support the

requirements of the MSA.


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Kate brings extensive business experience in the GI industry and

specific project,

consultancy and management skills. Prior to joining Kate workedfreelance for

several years in different areas of the GI industry on projectssuch as the BS7666

Review, the Acacia Project and DNA-S. Before this she worked

for Logica as aSenior Geographic Information

consultant on various GI related projects and in the oilexploration industry, where

she was responsible for the IT department supporting survey andcartography

activities.

After working part time for IA, since the launch of the company,James Neilson

(right) has been appointed as a full time employee, as LocalAuthority Liaison

Manager. In addition to his liaison role he hasresponsibilities for producingthe

monthly Ezine.Prior to joining IA he worked as a consultant specialising in

corporate and

business-to-business public relations which followed a briefcareer as a journalist

on provincial daily and trade newspapers.


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**12. Dudley Seeks Gazetteer Officer**Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a Gazetteer

Officer, salary18,450 - 26,928 (dependant on experience) subject to JE, to

be part of a unit

providing Geographical Information services to the Council. Thesuccessful

applicant will have lead responsibility for the maintenance ofthe Council's Land&

Property and Streets Gazetteers. Closing date 13th July 2007.

For an informal discussion please contact Brian Higgs, GMIS UnitManager on 01384

815661.Further information, and full details, together with the

application form is

available on our Website ([1]www.dudley.gov.uk) or contact ourHR & Business SupportUnit on

01384 815656.

[1] http://www.dudley.gov.uk/jobs

[NLPG]**1. Major IT Infrastructure Upgrade at IA**All ALOs and Custodians should be aware that over the weekend of

July 13/14/15th,Intelligent

Addressing will be making some changes to its IT infrastructure,which may requirethe attention of Authority IT Departments or their service

providers. During theweekend a new NLPG website will go

live, IA will move to a new ISP, and existing websites and theftp server will move


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to new IP addresses.

FTP Server

The ftp server will be moved to a new IP address(195.171.101.179) on the eveningof

Friday 13th July, and will be available from the morning ofSaturday 14th. If you

have outbound firewall restrictions you will need to allowaccess to this address.

If you access the ftp server by hostname (ftp.nlpg.org.uk) youwill need to wait

until the DNS record changes have propagated to your local DNSserver.

If you have automatic uploads scheduled for the Fridaynight/Saturday morning, could

you please reschedule them for the Friday morning of the 13th orthe following week.

Questions/Helpdesk. If you have any further questions about anyof the changes,

please contact the Intelligent Addressing helpdesk on 020 77473502 or [1][email protected]

.uk.

[1] mailto:[email protected]

**2. NLPG XML 7.4 Schema Released**After undergoing a consultation process with software suppliers

and the local authoritycommunities, Intelligent Addressing has released the NLPG XML

7.4 schema. Thisschema has been designed for the transfer and exchange of NLPG

address information.

The version of this XML schema is 7.4.3. This is the firstofficial release ofthe schema for development and implementation. The purpose of


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this release is toaid local authorities and software suppliers prepare to submit

NLPG:2006 updatesto the NLPG hub in XML format. The NLPG hub will be ready to

receive trial LLPGupdates in XML 7.4 format by October 2007.

This schema is available to download at[1]www.nlpg.org.uk/documents/NLPG_XMLv7-4-3.xsdand the specification is available to download athttp://www.nlpg.org.uk/documents/NLPG_XML_7.4_specification_v1.0

.pdf

[1] http://www.nlpg.org.uk/documents/NLPG_XMLv7-4-3.xsd

**3. NLPG Developments & The Provision of Data to the VOA**

A recent statement released by the VOA said that the.." promptavailability of data

about property changes, additions and addresses is a criticalfactor in the delivery

of an efficient and effective service to our mutual customers,council taxpayersand

ratepayers. Timely awareness of changes enables the ValuationOffice Agency (VOA)

to compile and maintain up-to-date bandings and assessments forproperties in

England and Wales.

At a recent meeting with the VOA, Michael Nicholson (Intelligent

Addressing) and

Steve Brandwood (I&DeA) outlined how the NLPG's forthcoming"NLPG Advance" (seeitem

above NLPG Website and Data Developments) initiative isdesigned to

distribute new property address information from all Local Land

and Property

Gazetteers. The VOA is excited about the possibility that NLPG


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Advance could assist

in the local taxation process, and is looking forward to seeingexactly what andhow

this will be delivered. Once these details are clearer, the VOAwill be considering

the customer benefits and business implications.The availability of data from Local Authorities, assisted by the

NLPG Advance

initiative, may be able to assist the VOA in achieving it's

targets to further

reduce the turnaround time of council tax and business ratesreports. The benefits

will be realised by both billing authorities, the VOA and theirmutual customer,the

taxpayer. Also, the early estimation of bands and rateable

values (increasinglyin

advance of a building being actually completed) will enablebilling authoritiesto

project their revenues more accurately and reduce or dispel theneed to set up

additional repayment schemes. Council taxpayers and ratepayers

will receive their

bills more quickly when they move in or following alterationsenabling them to

budget with more certainty and providing them with a longerperiod of time to pay

their bills.

NLPG Advance will be launched shortly and the VOA looks forward

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of the initial data feed. The VOA are optimistic that NLPGAdvance could proveto

be a valuable source of data, however, we still believe that itis paramount that

billing authorities continue to maintain and develop theircurrent methods of data

provision for both new and altered properties whilst theeffectiveness of NLPG

Advance is proved and implemented. We appreciate the work thatmany billing

authorities are doing in that respect.NLPG Advance will provide address data as supplied by the LLPG.

It is importantto

remember that whilst the NLPG hold the Local Authority's

version of the address,it

is accepted by all parties that the address used by the VOA maydiffer slightlydue

to the structure of the VOA database pre-dating the introductionof the British

Standard. The use of the UPRN allows the LLPG / NLPG to linkthe Local Authority

and VOA addresses, and it is this linking that is the key toconsistency."

**4. Transitioning to NLPG:2006 a Custodians Story**Stevenage Borough Council is one of the first authorities to

successfully manage

the

transition to NLPG:2006. Greg Arends, the LLPG Custodian


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explains how he managedthe

migration and how straightforward many of the issues were tohandle.

As a small authority with a small LLPG, with just me workingon it part-timeit has

been important to target only the issues preventing us fromupgrading. Preparation

for the upgrade fell into two parts: data cleansing, andinclusion of new objects.

For data cleansing I used a Business Object report to producea list of all RPA>2

that werent street BLPUs; for the inclusion of new objectsIve found it helpfulto

go through the data entry conventions ticking off each part asit was done.

It also paid to ask around for data; for example, lookingthrough Property TypesI

came to petrol stations; it took only 10 minutes to get acomplete list from

Environmental Health as they register them for Part B pollutioncontrol.

The upgrade to NLPG:2006 proved straightforward as we are notyet fully integrated

with other systems, so database changes werent a problem.Aligned Assets offered

various options at upgrade so by including up-to-date CouncilTax cross-references

in the LLPG they were able to classify all the residentialBLPUs.


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It just goes to show the importance of doing the VOA

matching! There are stilla

couple of niggles with iManage although the systems very

usable and this new

version has made the rather dry DTF specification come alive onscreen.?

**5. LLPG Workshop**IA will be running an LLPG workshop on Wednesday 8th August in

London. Topics

covered will include NLPG:2006, migration to DTF7.3, and thevarious services

Authorities will be implementing over the next couple of months- see item above

NLPG Website and Data Developments). The workshops will beparticularly relevant

to recently appointed LLPG Custodians and their teams and SNNOfficers. The

workshops will be charged at 190 plus VAT per delegate. Thisis the standard price

as dictated by the Mapping Services Agreement.

We would also welcome your input into the content and if thereare any other topics

you would like us to cover please contact us.

If you are interested then please register at[1][email protected]

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**6. Forthcoming Regional Events**A member of IA will be at the following NLPG related events:

London Region LLPG Custodian meeting, London Borough ofBrents offices,

Wembley, 28th June 2007South East Region LLPG Custodian meeting, The Civic Centre

Crawley 29th June

2007East of England Region LLPG Custodian meeting, Harlow District

Council offices

6th July 2007Yorkshire & Humberside Region LLPG Custodian meeting, Goole 9thJuly 2007South West Region LLPG Custodian Meeting, Taunton 13th July 2007East Midlands Region LLPG Custodian meeting,Nottingham 17th July

2007West Midlands Region LLPG Custodian meeting, Wychavon District

Council offices,

Pershore 18th July 2007

Wales LLPG Custodian meeting, The Media Resources Centre,Llandrindod Wells

(also combined with the Wales LSG and ALO meeting) 25th July2007

[NSG]**1. Improving the NSG**

The NSG Technical Working Party has completed the first draft ofthe guidance and

conventions document. The document has been through the firstround of consultation

with the LSG Custodians with positive remarks from mostrespondents.

Following minor changes and clarification of a small number ofissues from the


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working party it is expected that a wider audience will beconsulted during July.

For further details please contact [1]the NSG

Custodian.


**2. May LSG Updates**Once again all 172 updated LSG extracts were received at the

hub, and the Gazetteer

was published on time at midday on June 14th 2007.

The NSG Custodian would once again like to thank all LSGCustodians that contributed

to another full update of the NSG.

Only 4 custodians failed to submit level 3 data this time roundand with more

streets and ASD records than any other previous submission. TheMay period has

turned into another successful month for the NSG.!

**3. Regional Chair Positions Vacant**Regional Chair positions have become vacant in North East and

West Midlands. Ifyou

are interested in taking up a post please contact[1][email protected].

Forthcoming EventsA member of IA will be at the following NSG related events:

North West Regional Custodians Group, Preston, 10th July 2007

East Midlans HAUC, Derby, 17th July 2007Welsh Regional Custodians Group, 25th July 2007


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**4. Forthcoming Events**member of IA will be at the following NSG related events:

North West Regional Custodians Group, Preston, 10th July 2007East Midlands HAUC, Derby, 17th July 2007

Welsh Regional Custodians Group, 25th July 2007

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015. John Adam St Gang: Intelligent Addressing; Ezine June 2007