OS OPen Data. Sugestions for best freeware please

[Welshbird]

As the OS OpenData is now all available, I'd like to start using some of this.

so, amn a complete newb. Is there something I can trial which is free? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Ta ever so.

Fee

"The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea." Isak Dinesen

 

[Welshbird]

So far I'm trying out MapWindow which seems easy enough to use.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Fee

"The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea." Isak Dinesen

 

[Welshbird]

It's very quiet in here!

Just in case anyone else is trying to do the same thing - Open Data from OS is great - as long as you weren't looking for PostCode polygons.

However, Google Maps does have some of those and FWTools converts that nicely to a shp file.

MapWindow is prooving really excellent for what I need to do, so am very happy not to have had to pay out for anything!

Tidy..

Fee

"The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea." Isak Dinesen

 

[oharab]

Have you looked at QGiS? It seems to be quite a complete GIS, with lots of options for importing data.

To get postcode areas, you can look at creating Thiessen polygons based on the OS OpenData. AFAIK this is how the original Postcode Polygons were were created, though they've become more refined in the latest release.

What sort of things are you looking to do?

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[Welshbird]

I've used MapWindow now with the open data available from the Ordnance Survey, along with some Googlemaps data which I've converted.

So far, so good!

And I have to say, MapWindow has proved to be really easy to use.

I basically wanted to start with small areas and build up to sales territories, and I've been able to do that really quite easily.

Fee

"The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea." Isak Dinesen