Future OS NGD Data Enhancements
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The OS NGD delivery roadmap (as of September 2024) can be seen in the following image; the roadmap details what was delivered in the March and September 2024 data enhancements releases, and what is planned for delivery in the upcoming March 2025 data enhancements release:
In the future, we plan to deliver over 25 data enhancements to the OS NGD (detailed below). As we design and develop these data enhancements, more details will be added to this page.
Recently delivered enhancements to the OS NGD are listed on the What's New? page.
Attribution on building roofs (including roof shape, aspect, construction material, and presence of solar panels and green roofs)
Access locations for key public buildings
Access purpose information for key public sites
Extending inter tidal areas to include obscured polygons beneath elevated structures
New attribution to indicate if land is vacant or derelict
Improved river width attribution
New feature types for continuous tidelines to complement the existing Tidal Boundary Feature Type
New attribution for cycle lanes, streetlights and bus lanes
Enhanced names and places data, such as vernacular names and tunnels.
Ongoing improvements to address data regarding the consistency of address positioning, usage classifications, address lifecycle and business names
Improved alignment of administrative and electoral boundaries with topographic features, where appropriate
Addition of feature types for postcode points and enhanced postcode areas
Improved 'reason for change' metadata to make it easier for customers to identify change that is relevant to their use cases
