MasterMap Implementation

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MasterMap Implementation

• Malcolm Norman
• 25 November 2003

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Introduction

• How did Portsmouth implement Master Map?
• Corporate approach to GIS
• Business Drivers
• PCC solution
• Future Developments

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Corporate Approach - 1

• Dedicated data server
• MapInfo Professional
• Shell Application
• Drop down menus
• Gazetteers
• Simple productivity tools
• Corporate data repository
• Data catalogue

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Corporate Approach - 2

• Drop down menus
• Gazetteers
• Simple productivity tools
• Corporate data repository
• Data catalogue

Shell application
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Corporate Approach - 2
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Business Drivers

• What made you decide on MasterMap?
• Polygonisation
• Pretty colours
• Landline has a limited life
• Just sort of did it!

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PCC Solution Initial Stage

• We ordered MasterMap from the OS web site.
• Purchased a new PC for the translation
• Bought and loaded Interpose translation software
  from Dotted Eyes
• Ran the translation flat files not a database
• Placed the default translated files on the
  corporate sever
• Added a drop down to the GIS shell application
• Advertised to PCC that this new form of map was
  there
• Landline was still the corporate standard map at
  this stage

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PCC Solution Next Stage

• Monitored take up on MasterMap
• Feed back from the GIS User Forum
• Working party of key users
• Colour Scheme
• Layer groups
• Layer naming convention
• Done at leisure, about 6 months
• Landline still Corporate map

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PCC Solution Implementation

• Working group decided on the following format for
  PCCs MasterMap
• A full colour (OS standard) and a monochrome
  (pseudo Landline)
• Duplicate set of polygons colour and clear
• Line data to be split into the following layers
• OS Base Map
• Buildings
• General Lines
• Transport
• Survey
• Text
• Gazetteer
• Replace Landline for MasterMap layers in
  corporate menus
• Most end users have not noticed the change over.

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PCC Solution Updates

• MasterMap updated three to four times a year
• Updates done on a copy of the maps on local pc
• CD back up made of maps for archive
• Updated maps uploaded to server out side of
  business hours

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PCC Applications

• OS mapping data is used as a back drop for our
  data
• Gis in every department - including
• Help Desk (CRM)
• Highways
• Property
• Planning
• Land Charges
• Emergency planning
• Economic development

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The Future

• Currently no use of TOIDs
• Linking TOIDs and NLPG to create a data modelling
  system for different clients / views of what an
  assets is.