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I think it is valid to give the Guardian some credit as they have been running the Free Our Data campaign http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/index.php Perhaps the most interesting bit in the original press release is this 2. Data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries as well as postcode areas would be released for free re-use, including commercially. Mid-scale digital mapping information would also be released in the same way. Here are three other useful links related to the story http://blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digitalengagement/ http://blog.newspaperclub.co.uk/2009/10/16/data-gov-uk-newspaper/ example of a postcode newspaper http://itoworld.blogspot.com/2009/10/visualising-transport-data-for.html Visualising transport data Regards Jon Jon Fairburn 01782 294038 [log in to unmask] http://www.staffs.ac.uk/geography Short film competition - Cycling in Stoke on Trent <http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/sciences/geography/links/IESR/Film_comp etition.shtml> Institute for Environment, Sustainability and Regeneration Mellor Building Staffordshire University College Road Stoke on Trent ST4 2DE http://www.staffs.ac.uk/iesr The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, except for the purpose of delivery to the addressee, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Kindly notify the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your computer. To unsubscribe or modify your gis-jobs settings, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/gis-jobs