Ordnance Survey in High Court over data rights

More than 150 organisations including Knight Frank, Atkins, Deloitte, Jacobs and Costain have expressed their concerns about the current value and relevance of geographic information, such as addresses and maps on titles, to the government’s UK Geospatial Commission.

The UK’s official Geospatial Commission has created a specialist licence to simplify location-based data work while also unveiling plans for a digital map of the country’s underground pipes and cables.

Who is making waves in the property transformation game? PlaceTech editor, Paul Unger, names his Most Valuable Players.

The digital freight forwarder offers wholesalers instant quotes and booking, real-time shipment tracking, paperless cloud management and customer service on one platform.

Ordnance Survey has selected seven startups that use location, land and property data in products and services to take part in its 2019 Geovation Accelerator Programme.

A system that highlights safe roads for cycling, a database of British trees and an indoor mapping solution were among the technologies selected by the government’s Geospatial Commission and Innovate UK agencies.

Gyana has unveiled a new comparison feature aimed at helping firms dig deeper into geolocation insights.

The Government is doing some great work for digital property - if they would just join it up the UK could become a world leader in creating the benchmark for modern placemaking.

Technology has the ability to increase market transparency and liquidity while enabling lower transaction costs. That’s according to “The Future of Real Estate Transactions” report, written by Andrew Saull and Andrew Baum from Oxford Saïd Business School.