Points of Interest Product Amendments December 2023 Quarterly Update
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the December 2023 release of PointX data. PointX is continually striving to improve its data holdings and this document highlights the specific changes made for the December 2023 release.
AddressBase® Core and OS MasterMap® Highways Network updated to the July 2023 versions. The latest local authority amendments are included in this release due to using the May 2023 version of OS Boundary-Line. Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) population is now 49.7%.
PointX continues to use a URL reputation service to identify and remove any potentially malicious URLS from the product.
From the March 2023 release, the methodology used to calculate the distance of a feature to the road network has been improved to use the entire road network in OS MasterMap Highways Network. This now includes Unique Street Reference Numbers (USRNs) that are not included in AddressBase Core. This enhancement provides more accurate distances for features where their distance is calculated spatially to the nearest road USRN; such features have a USRN Match Indicator of 3.
PointX have shared their intentions to include Latitude and Longitude in future releases of Points of Interest, along with the existing Ordnance Survey Grid References.
The next release of Points of Interest is scheduled for March 2024.
Points of Interest Product Amendments June 2024 Quarterly Update
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the June 2024 release of PointX data. PointX continually strives to improve its data holdings and this document highlights the specific changes made for the June 2024 release.
AddressBase® Core and OS MasterMap® Highways Network updated to the April 2024 versions.
Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) population has increased slightly to 49.45% and the population of the UPRN priority classes has increased to 89.77% UPRN.
Further information on UPRNs priorities can be found in the user guide available on the PointX website.
PointX are focussed on improving the currency of emergency service records and this will be reflected in current and future releases.
As mentioned in the December release note, PointX have shared their intention to include Latitude and Longitude within Points of Interest, along with the existing British National Grid References.
There are currently no plans to include Latitude and Longitude in the Points of Interest product available from Ordnance Survey. If including them would be helpful for you, please reach out to our Products team at: LPT@os.uk
PointX continues to use a URL reputation service to identify and remove any potentially malicious URLs from the product. However, it is recommended that the guidance as described in the user guide is followed in respect of the contents of the URL attribute.
All new or updated URL’s have been checked and refreshed to improve currency.
PointX continues to improve the positional accuracy of features and this quarter they have updated hundreds of records.
The next release of Points of Interest is scheduled for September 2024.
Release notes listed here provides quarterly updates about data enhancements in the latest release of PointX data.
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the December 2024 release of PointX data.
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the September 2024 release of PointX data.
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the June 2024 release of PointX data.
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the March 2024 release of PointX data.
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the December 2023 release of PointX data.
Points of Interest Product Amendments December 2024 Quarterly Update
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the December 2024 release of PointX data. PointX continually strives to improve its data holdings and this document highlights the specific changes made for the December 2024 release.
AddressBase® Core and OS MasterMap® Highways Network updated to the October 2024 versions.
Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) population has decreased slightly to 49.37% and the population of the UPRN priority classes has increased to 89.63% UPRN.
Further information on UPRNs priorities can be found in the user guide available on the PointX website.
Police stations have been updated utilising a new method of capture resulting in improved currency.
All London Boroughs have been updated to accurately reflect their official names.
PointX are focused on improving the currency of emergency service records and this will be reflected in current and future releases.
As mentioned in the December release note, PointX have shared their intention to include Latitude and Longitude within Points of Interest, along with the existing British National Grid References.
There are currently no plans to include Latitude and Longitude in the Points of Interest product available from Ordnance Survey. If including them would be helpful for you, please reach out to our Products team at: LPT@os.uk
PointX continues to use a URL reputation service to identify and remove any potentially malicious URLs from the product. However, it is recommended that the guidance as described in the user guide is followed in respect of the contents of the URL attribute.
All new or updated URL’s have been checked and refreshed to improve currency.
PointX continues to improve the positional accuracy of features and this quarter they have updated hundreds of records.
The next release of Points of Interest is scheduled for March 2025.
Points of Interest Product Amendments September 2024 Quarterly Update
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the September 2024 release of PointX data. PointX continually strives to improve its data holdings and this document highlights the specific changes made for the September 2024 release.
AddressBase® Core and OS MasterMap® Highways Network updated to the June 2024 versions.
Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) population has increased slightly to 49.47% and the population of the UPRN priority classes has decreased to 89.6% UPRN.
Further information on UPRNs priorities can be found in the user guide available on the PointX website.
All London Boroughs have been updated to accurately reflect their official names.
PointX are focused on improving the currency of emergency service records and this will be reflected in current and future releases.
As mentioned in the December release note, PointX have shared their intention to include Latitude and Longitude within Points of Interest, along with the existing British National Grid References.
There are currently no plans to include Latitude and Longitude in the Points of Interest product available from Ordnance Survey. If including them would be helpful for you, please reach out to our Products team at: LPT@os.uk
PointX continues to use a URL reputation service to identify and remove any potentially malicious URLs from the product. However, it is recommended that the guidance as described in the user guide is followed in respect of the contents of the URL attribute.
All new or updated URL’s have been checked and refreshed to improve currency.
PointX continues to improve the positional accuracy of features and this quarter they have updated hundreds of records.
The next release of Points of Interest is scheduled for December 2024
Points of Interest Product Amendments March 2024 Quarterly Update
This document details the data enhancements that are included within the March 2024 release of PointX data. PointX is continually striving to improve its data holdings and this document highlights the specific changes made for the March 2024 release.
AddressBase® Core and OS MasterMap® Highways Network updated to the January 2024 versions. The latest local authority amendments are included in this release due to using the May 2023 version of OS Boundary-Line.
Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) population has decreased slightly to 49.45% and the population of the UPRN priority classes has marginally decreased to 89.26% UPRN.
Further information on UPRNs priorities can be found on the PointX website, in their user guide.
PointX have a focus on improving the currency of emergency service records that will be reflected in current and future releases.
As mentioned in the December release note, PointX have shared their intention to include Latitude and Longitude within Points of Interest, along with the existing Ordnance Survey Grid References.
We have sample data of this that we can provide you with. If you would like to be sent the sample data, please reach out to the Location Product team at: LPT@os.uk where we can email you the sample data and receive your feedback.URLs
PointX continues to use a URL reputation service to identify and remove any potentially malicious URLs from the product.
All new or updated URL’s have been checked and refreshed to improve currency.
As of the March 2023 release, the methodology used to calculate the distance of a feature to the road network has been improved to use the entire road network in OS MasterMap Highways Network. This now includes Unique Street Reference Numbers (USRNs) that are not included in AddressBase Core. This enhancement provides more accurate distances for features where their distance is calculated spatially to the nearest road USRN; such features have a USRN Match Indicator of 3.
The next release of Points of Interest is scheduled for June 2024.