Public Rights of Way GIS Data
Robert Whittaker made this Rhyddid Gwybodaeth request to Birmingham City Council
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Dear Birmingham City Council,
You may recall a previous FOI/EIR request from me back in 2018, when I requested a copy of your Public Rights of Way GIS data. Details can be found at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p... . I also understand that around October 2020, your provided an updated copy to the person who runs the rowmaps.com website, which he has made available at http://www.rowmaps.com/datasets/BI/ .
Since that dataset is now over a year old, I would like to request an updated version. Specifically, under the Environmental Information Regulations I would like a copy of your Public Rights of Way GIS data, with a preference to receive it in a computer-readable electronic form such as a Shapefile or KML file. As before, under the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations, I would like to request permission to re-use this information under the Open Government Licence v3. The purposes for which the information is to be re-used are: (a) to help improve the mapping of Rights of Way in OpenStreetMap, and (b) to convert the datasets to a more convenient format, and then make them available for others to re-use under an open licence.
Secondly, I'd like to ask for some clarification on the data. I understand that you have relatively few Right of Way recorded on your Definitive Map and Statement, but that many others that are likely to be Rights of Way are also included in the GIS data. Assuming the format is the same as the previous version on rowmaps.com, would I be right in assuming that the GIS features with an entry in the DEFMAPNO field are the routes that appear on the Definitive Map, while the others do not? What is the significance of the latter prefix in the DEFMAPNO field? Does B=Birmingham, SC=Sutton Coldfield perhaps, and what to the other letter combinations (BM, CH, FK, FR, H, M, NA, WY) represent?
Many thanks,
Robert Whittaker.
Information request
Our reference: 32696294
Your reference: [FOI #813485 email]
EINVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004
Dear Robert Whittaker
Thank you for your request for information. I can confirm that the
information requested is held by Birmingham City Council. I have enclosed
copies of the information that is being released to you.
REQUEST
See attached request
RESPONSE
I would like to request an updated version. Specifically, under the
Environmental Information Regulations I would like a copy of your Public
Rights of Way GIS data
A GIS layer of all the information requested. See disclaimer coversheet to
accompany the data.
What is the significance of the latter prefix in the DEFMAPNO field? Does
B = Birmingham, SC = Sutton Coldfield perhaps, and what to the other
letter combinations (BM, CH, FK, FR, H, M, NA, WY) represent?
See description of the codes used for the various Definitive Map Codes
used in the table.
Please quote the reference number 32696294 in any future communications.
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Jenny Bent
Business Support Coordinator
Digital & Customer Support Services
Inclusive Growth Directorate
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Dear Jenny Bent,
Many thanks for your reply to my FOI/EIR request, and for providing a copy of the data requested. However, it seems that you have not responded to my request for permission to re-use the information supplied. I asked:
"under the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations, I would like to request permission to re-use this information under the Open Government Licence v3. The purposes for which the information is to be re-used are: (a) to help improve the mapping of Rights of Way in OpenStreetMap, and (b) to convert the datasets to a more convenient format, and then make them available for others to re-use under an open licence."
Could you confirm that you are still considering this request under Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations and will respond "promptly and in any event before the end of the twentieth working day" from the day after my original request, as required by the legislation?
Yours sincerely,
Robert Whittaker
Dear Birmingham City Council,
I am writing to you regarding a previous FOI/EIR/RoPSIR request I made back for your "Public Rights of Way GIS Data" in December 2021. You provided me with the requested in formation on 10th December. However, as far as I can see, you failed to respond to my re-use request made under the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations. I replied asking you to confirm that this part of the request was still under consideration. (At the time you were still within the permitted 20 working days.) However, I never received a response.
I apologise that it has been so long since my original request, but I've only just noticed that I never received a response from you on the re-use request. Could you please look into this, and provide an appropriate response? For you convenience, the re-use request for the supplied Public Rights of Way GIS data was as follows:
"under the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations, I would like to request permission to re-use this information under the Open Government Licence v3. The purposes for which the information is to be re-used are: (a) to help improve the mapping of Rights of Way in OpenStreetMap, and (b) to convert the datasets to a more convenient format, and then make them available for others to re-use under an open licence."
The full history of our correspondence in this request can be found online at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...
Yours faithfully,
Robert Whittaker
Dear Robert Whittaker
Thank you for your email. I will be in a position to respond to you by
16/08/2022. I apologise for the delay in replying.
Kind regards
Jenny Bent
Business Support Coordinator
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Dear Mr Whittaker
Further to your enquiry we raise no objection to re-use of the
information, for the intended purpose, under the Regulations and subject
to the attached caveat.
Kind regards
Digital & Customer Support Services
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Dear Digital & Customer Support Services ,
Many thanks for your response; I'm happy that you have agreed to the re-use of the information.
However, I specifically asked to be able to re-use the information under the Open Government Licence v3 at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/... , but your reply does not explicitly mention this. The precise licence is very important for my intended use of the information.
So could you confirm that the information can be re-used under this licence without any additional requirements? Also, do you have a specific attribution statement that you wish to provide for use with it?
Yours sincerely,
Robert Whittaker.
Dear Mr Whittaker
Thank you for your email of 30 August 2022.
I can confirm our legal team are reviewing your request concerning re-use
of material and we will write to you again within the next week on the
outcome. Please accept my apologies for the delay in replying.
Kind regards
Yours sincerely
Jenny Bent
Digital & Customer Support Services
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of Birmingham City Council. This email has been scanned for all viruses
and all reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure that no viruses
are present. Birmingham City Council cannot accept responsibility for any
loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments.
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unlawful. Any e-mail including its content may be monitored and used by
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