🆕 OS NGD Buildings Theme Headlines

Product Desirability Card - September 2024

THEME STRUCTURE QUALITIES

• Distinct Identity – classifying Building features uniquely from generic structural features simplifies feature comparisons.

• Height Enabled – reducing post-processing time with automatic inclusion of height attribution.

• Identifier Relationships Defined – enabling a complete picture of Building feature interaction with the inclusion of cross-referencing tables on Building to Address, Land Use Site or Building Part.

NEWLY LAUNCHED QUALITIES

• Building Connectivity – attribution to describe which buildings have a common boundary.

• Building Use – attribution to describe the primary functional use of the building.

• Building Age – attribution to describe the relative age of the building.

• Construction Material – attribution to describe the primary construction material of the building.

• Basement Presence – attribution to indicate the present of a basement or self-contained basement flat within a building footprint.

• Number of Floors – attribution to describe the maximum number of occupiable floors.

ENRICHED DATA QUALITIES

• Building Feature Type – A redesigned building geometry provided to represent a single building footprint.

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Links that may be useful:

OS NGD Documentation Platform | osngd

OS Data HubOrdnanceSurvey

OS Select+Build | OS productsOrdnance Survey

This content has been developed from what was originally a Product Desirability Card PowerPoint slide. These are available to PSGA members to view and download from the PSGA members area of the OS website