http://stravaiger.com/blog/tags/ordnance-survey/ Recent content in Ordnance Survey on eBothy Blog Hugo en-us Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2010/07/20/os-opendata-service-a-first-look/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2010/07/20/os-opendata-service-a-first-look/ <p>I&rsquo;ve been playing around with the new <a title="OpenData" href="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/">OS OpenData</a> API, having managed to get an API key and then doing lots of research on javascript mapping functionality. I have a vague plan to link Gaelic place name data, geology data and OS 1:50,000 mapping data for a mobile mashup on the iPhone. At the moment, it&rsquo;s just a web page you open with the browser on either an iPhone or Android phone but I&rsquo;m also working on a native iPhone app that will make it nicer to use. This is my first foray into mobile mapping and if you point your mobile browser to:</p>