Address and street data - a common standard for digital transformation

A report produced by ConsultingWhere on behalf of GeoPlace, with help from many local authority address and street Custodians, demonstrates that local authorities in England and Wales have realised increased revenue and cost savings of an estimated £250 million over the last 5 years.

Following interest from the Department for Transport (DfT), a partnership was formed between DfT, Ordnance Survey (OS) and GeoPlace to create a British platform for highway information using the best data available from authoritative sources. As a result, OS MasterMap Highways Network was created and released in March 2016 to the PSM A commun it y.