January 2024

The January 2024 release notes for OS Open Names

This release note provides information relating to the January 2024 release of OS Open Names.

Feature count

Feature	Count
OS Open Names	3 018 903

Product issues and enhancements

GeoPackage format changes

• GeoPackage attribution: The following attribute names have been changed from Title case to snake case:

GeoPackage attribute name prior to January 2023	GeoPackage attribute name after January 2023
FID	Fid
ID	Id
NAMES_URI	names_uri
NAME1	name1
NAME1_LANG	name1_lang
NAME2	name2
NAME2_LANG	name2_lang
TYPE	type
LOCAL_TYPE	local_type
MOST_DETAIL_VIEW_RES	most_detail_view_res
LEAST_DETAIL_VIEW_RES	least_detail_view_res
MBR_XMIN	mbr_xmin
MBR_YMIN	mbr_ymin
MBR_XMAX	mbr_xmax
MBR_YMAX	mbr_ymax
POSTCODE_DISTRICT	postcode_district
POSTCODE_DISTRICT_URI	postcode_district_uri
POPULATED_PLACE	populated_place
POPULATED_PLACE_URI	populated_place_uri
POPULATED_PLACE_TYPE	populated_place_type
DISTRICT_BOROUGH	district_borough
DISTRICT_BOROUGH_URI	district_borough_uri
DISTRICT_BOROUGH_TYPE	district_borough_type
COUNTY_UNITARY	county_unit

Next release

The next release of OS Open Names is scheduled for April 2024.