Robert.Edgson@Bimapping.co.uk UK MAPPING WITH SSRS 2008 R2

Robert.Edgson@Bimapping.co.uk

UK MAPPING WITH SSRS 2008 R2

IN THE NEXT HOUR

• Start 9:30

• UK Mapping with SSRS 2008 R2

• Open Data  

• Point Code Open

• Boundary line

• Spatial data types

• Creating corporate mapped data

• End 10:25 Q/A

TO MAP UK DATA WE NEED

• Map outlines

• Administrative boundaries ( North East ; Yorkshire ; York)

• Address translation to latitude and longitude

• Post codes?

• Road names ?

• Towns?

• Sales data

• SSRS 2008 R2 Express ( and above)

• Other Countries www.gadm.org

OPEN DATA

• Code-point Open (20mb csv)

• Postcodes, grid reference

• 1:50 000 Gazetteer (11mb csv)

• Towns and areas , grid reference

• OS Locator (35 MB text)

• Road names, grid reference

• Boundary Line (250mb ESRI)

• Local government Administrative boundaries ( ward , district, county ..)

• Several others image based

A simple Guide

UK POST CODES

POSTCODES CAN BE SPATIAL DATA

YO 10 5 DD

• Area 184• District 3,000• Sector 10,000• Unit 1,600,000

YO10 5DD

• UK. Postcodes are 7 characters long

• Inward code always last 3 characters

• Outward code 2 – 4 characters

A Unique Key for 1- 100 Addresses

DEMO 

OPENDATA

Where can I find post code location data?

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/code-point-open/index.html

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gps/

IS THE UNITED KINGDOM ROUND OR FLAT

OSGB36 ( NATIONAL GRID )

IF THE EARTH IS NEITHER FLAT OR ROUND THEN IS IT A CUBE?

http://www.puzl.co.uk/earth-cube-p-79.html

ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL?• Many standards

• SELECT *

• FROM

• sys.spatial_reference_systems

SOME MYTHS*

• A point on the ground has a unique latitude and longitude

• A horizontal plane is a level surface

• The true coordinates of a ground point do not change

• There are exact mathematical formulae to change between coordinate systems

• * a guide to coordinate systems in Great Britain v1.9 Mar 2008 D00659 © Crown copyright Page 3 of 46

PRECISION AND ACCURACY

OS & QUEST FREEWARE

DEMO 

REFERENCES• http://www.naturalearthdata.com/

• http://www.mathsisfun.com/accuracy-precision.html

COPYRIGHT

• OS OpenData™ is covered by either Crown Copyright, Crown Database Right, or has been licensed to the Crown.

• Mapping :• Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2010

• Where you use Code-Point® Open data, • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2010.

But Which One?

UK ADMINISTRATIONBOUNDARIES

Scotland

Council Areas

Wales

Unitary Authorities

Northern Ireland

Local Government

Districts

HTTP://WWW.STATISTICS.GOV.UK/GEOGRAPHY/ENGLAND.ASP

England

Govenment Office Regions

North Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia ..

HTTP://WWW.STATISTICS.GOV.UK/GEOGRAPHY/ENGLAND.ASP

Government Office Region

Greater London

London Boroughs

Counties

Non- metropolitan

districts

Metropolitan Counties

Metropolitan Districts

Unitary Authorities

SHAPE FILES

• Shape file ESRI standard

• Open data - Boundary line.

• Administrative boundaries

• Fwtools (free)

• Convert between SRID

• Shape2sql (free)

• Import shape files into sql

Q&A

• Robert Edgson• Robert.Edgson@bimapping.co.uk

• http://EdgsonRobert.wordpress.com

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