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{{Country
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The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''', commonly known as the '''United Kingdom (UK)''' {{Relation|62149|tools=no}} is a country in Europe comprising  four nations: [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Wales]] (which together form 'Great Britain'), and [[Northern Ireland]]. Other areas that may follow some or all of the UK tagging conventions (due to cultural and/or historic links) include the British Crown Dependencies {{Relation|9110397|tools=no}} (ie, the [[Isle of Man]] {{Relation|62269|tools=no}}, and the Bailiwicks of [[Guernsey]] {{Relation|270009|tools=no}} and [[Jersey]] {{Relation|367988|tools=no}}) and British Overseas Territories {{Relation|3969434|tools=no}}, although these are not formally part of the UK.

The term '''Britain''' is confusing, even to those who live here, as it is often used (though incorrectly) as a synonym for the UK. The term 'British Isles' is often used to denote Great Britain, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and the island of Ireland collectively. It thus includes the UK, the Republic of [[Ireland]], and the British Crown Dependencies. Sometimes 'British and Irish Isles' is used instead to refer to this area, to reflect the political sensitivities related to Ireland. Those same sensitivities make it important to carefully distinguish 'Britain' from 'the UK'.

== State of the map ==
The map of the UK is mature but still has gaps in completeness. Generally we have a good map of the transport infrastructure however we are missing details such as lane count and many public rights of way (trails). There are also lots of buildings and addresses still to map. Recent community projects have highlighted a discrepancy in the amount and quality of mapping across the country. This leads to a number of differences but to pick one example, points of interest range from being mostly complete to either entirely missing or out of date.

== Contact ==
[[File:OSMUK logo.svg|right|300px]]
At the national level [[Foundation/Local_Chapters/OSMUK|OSMUK]] ([http://osmuk.org/ osmuk.org]) is a non-profit company and registered [[Foundation/Local Chapters|Local Chapter]] of the [[OpenStreetMap Foundation]]. OSMUK's roles are to act as a focus for community, be a financial entity, give the community representation at national level infrastructure meetings, run regional events, and provide advice and assistance to organisations and companies wishing to add to or use OpenStreetMap.

There are 3 active community forums operating at the national level. Join via the links below to post.

{{ContentGrid
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{{InfoCard|heading=OpenStreetMap UK|content=[https://osmuk.org OSMUK] is the official Local Chapter for the UK (including Northern Ireland)}}
{{InfoCard|heading=UK section of OSM Community Forum|content=The main  [https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/communities/uk/86 community forum for the UK]}}
{{InfoCard|heading=GB mailing list|content=[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb Talk-GB] is the mailing list and archive for the UK}}
{{InfoCard|heading=IE & NI mailing list|content=[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie Talk-IE] is an Ireland-all-island forum and typically includes more Northern Ireland content than talk-gb}}
}}

== Events ==
There are 4 regional groups with an active online presence and regular in-person meet-ups:

* [[London|OSM London]]
* [[Mappa Mercia|Mappa Mercia (West Midlands)]]
* [[WikiProject Scotland#Social Meetings|OSM Scotland]]
* [[Nottingham/Pub Meetup|Nottingham & Derby]]

A combined list of upcoming events in the UK:

{{Calendar|country=GB}}

== Guidelines ==
In general we follow as many of the global tagging standards as possible. Where there is UK specific guidance we have documented it here including specific [[Copyright information for UK mappers]]. 

If you are part of a remote editing project (e.g. a corporate team), please see [[Highway guidance in England and Wales for remote mappers]].

There are a number of [[Reference values in the United Kingdom]] that are specific to this area.

*[[Roads in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Road signs in the United Kingdom]]
**[[Road signs in Wales]]
*[[Cycling in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Crossings in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Access provisions in the United Kingdom]]
**[[Access provisions in the United Kingdom#Public Rights of Way|Public rights of way in England & Wales]]
**[[Further guidance on tagging Public Rights of Way in the United Kingdom|Further guidance on tagging Public Rights of Way]]
*[[Retail chains in the United Kingdom]] ''ACTIVE 2019''
*[[United Kingdom waterways|Waterways in the United Kingdom]]

''Note:'' There are currently two schemes in use for UK footpaths, cyclepaths and bridleways. It is of personal preference as to which makes the most sense and which you should use. For more info see [[Classic vs Alternative tagging schemes in use in the United Kingdom]]. Please do not embark on mass retagging even if another scheme is more popular in your country.

== Projects ==
Contributors are encouraged to get involved in any area that interests them (and write up appropriate information in this wiki). These sub-headings are only a loose categorisation.

=== Quarterly projects ===
{{main|UK Quarterly Project}}
The UK community holds quarterly projects, an announced collaborative focus for UK mappers. They are used to pull the community together, build new tools, and generate UK-specific tagging guidelines.

A list can be seen at the [[UK Quarterly Project|dedicated wiki page]].

=== Non-wiki projects ===
There are a number of community maintained online tools to help you map the following things. The advantage of these over wiki projects is that they are often fully automated therefore saving us the time to manually update progress statistics on the wiki. Some tools also allow for direct editing of OpenStreetMap.

* [http://www.mapthepaths.org.uk/ MapThePaths]. Tools to help you to add all the rights of way and permissive paths to OpenStreetMap.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/addresses/ Addresses & Postcodes]. Tools and links to help those wanting to improve the coverage of  address and postcode mapping in the UK.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/ghosts/ Ghosts]. Lists UK chains that have closed or been re-named/re-branded but  are still mapped in OSM.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/nameless/ Nameless]. A tool to find OSM objects that should have names but are missing  a <code>name=*</code> tag.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/pharmacy/ Pharmacies]. Tools and links to help those wanting to improve the coverage of  pharmacies in the UK.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/postboxes/ Post Boxes]. Statistics, reports and maps to examine and check the data on UK  post boxes found in OpenStreetMap
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/postoffice/ Post Offices]. Statistics, reports and maps to compare the data on UK  Post Offices found in OpenStreetMap with a branch list released by  Post Office Ltd under the OGL.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/prow/ Public Rights of Way]. Tools and links to help those wanting to improve the coverage of  UK Public Rights of Way and associated countryside mapping.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/defib/ Public Access Defibrillators (AEDs)]. Tools and links to help those wanting to improve the coverage of  publicly accessible automated external defibrillators in the UK.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/schools/ Schools]. A comparison / progress tool and other useful resources to help  complete the mapping of UK Schools.
* [https://osm.mathmos.net/survey/ Survey Me!]. A local comparison tool combining data from the other tools listed  here. Aims to provide locations that would benefit from a ground survey.

=== Wiki projects ===
The following projects use the OSM wiki to share information and track progress. 

==== Urban Mapping ====

*[[UK Food Hygiene Rating Scheme]] ''ACTIVE 2021''
*[[Household waste in the United Kingdom]] ''NEW 2021''

==== Infrastructure ====

*[[EV charge points in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Bridge heights in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Organised_Editing/Activities/National_Trust_Paths]] ''ACTIVE 2020''
*[[WikiProject_Power_networks/Great_Britain]]
*[[Renewable energy in the United Kingdom]] ''ACTIVE 2020''
*[[Neighbourhood Planning Project|Neighbourhood Planning]]
*[[Monorails in the United Kingdom]] ''UPDATED 2018''

==== Collections ====

*[[Lifeboat stations in the United Kingdom]] ''STARTED 2018''
*[[Greyhound stadiums in the United Kingdom]] ''STARTED 2018''
*[[Zoos in the United Kingdom]] ''STARTED 2018''

==== Boundaries and Land Areas ====

*[[United Kingdom boundaries]]
*[[Postal codes in the United Kingdom]]
*[[National Parks in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (UK)|Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and National Scenic Areas (NSA)]]
*[[Local councils in United Kingdom]] How can they use OSM and feed back into it.
*[[Registration_Districts_(UK)]] For registration of places of worship, inter alia.

==== Historic places in the British Isles ====

*[[Historic Britain]]
*[[Roman roads in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Prehistoric Britain]]
*[[Historic mining activity in the United Kingdom]] ''2013''

=== Documentation ===
UK wiki pages follow a naming convention similar to Wikipedia's "<Subject> in the United Kingdom" which puts the subject first. We use 'Sentence case' for page titles (instead of 'Capitalizing The First Letter Of Every Word').

* Split out [[United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines]] into separate thematic pages. ''COMPLETE''

[[Category:United Kingdom]]

*Update all 'Wiki Project' pages such that we split out the guidelines from the progress tracker elements. Guidelines go into relevant pages under [[#Guidelines]] whilst the tracking elements are archived or listed as active projects. ''ONGOING 2019''
* Have dead pages removed. ''ONGOING 2019''

== Inactive projects ==
The following projects are inactive or complete:

=== Urban mapping ===

*[[2012 Summer Olympics venues]] ''COMPLETE''
*[[Allotments Project|West Midland allotments]] ''INACTIVE 2012''
*[[Parcel lockers in the United Kingdom]] ''2014 INFO. UPDATE''
*[[Breweries in the United Kingdom]] INACTIVE 2012

=== Infrastructure ===

*[[Route relations in the United Kingdom]] ''ARCHIVE OR UPDATE?''
*[[Railways in the United Kingdom]] ''ARCHIVE OR UPDATE?''
*[[Minor railways in the United Kingdom]] ''ARCHIVE OR UPDATE?''

== Third party data ==
In addition to the world-wide [[Beginners Guide 1.1|data sources]], the following are available specifically for mapping in the UK. Please note that their accuracy varies and therefore where possible we prefer ground-truthed data (e.g. collected by [[Beginners_Guide_1.1.1|GPS survey]])

*[[Ordnance Survey]] ''(Great Britain only)''
**[[Ordnance Survey OpenData]] - Ordnance Survey has released some data that can be used as an additional source of reference when mapping.
**[[Ordnance_Survey#Out-of-copyright_maps|Old OS maps]] - Old maps that are out of copyright and have been scanned and rectified for tracing (work ongoing).

*[[National Library of Scotland]]
** Historic maps ''(not limited to Scotland)''

* Retail stores: Companies that have kindly given permission for branch data to be copied from their websites on to OSM. Do not use images/logos. Before adding to this list get confirmation in writing.
**[http://www.askitalian.co.uk/ ASK Italian]
**[[Asda stores in the United Kingdom]]
**[http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/index.jsp Sainsbury's]
**[http://www.booths.co.uk/ Booths]
*Pubs
**[https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/ The Lost Pubs Project] has given permission to use their data for updating OSM (must be credited in any changesets, see [[:File:Lostpubsproject-permission.pdf]])

* The [[Environment Agency]] (of England) and the [[Environment Agency Wales]]
**[[English Environment Agency LIDAR]] (terrain and building height data)

* Emu Analytics:
**[http://www.emu-analytics.com/products/datapacks.php English Urban Areas Building Heights] ([https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2017-December/020982.html email])

*[[Network Rail]]
**[[UKRail Project|NESA and/or the Sectional Appendix]]

* Schools
**https://osm.mathmos.net/schools/ has been made to assist handling data released by the government. See also [[UK 2016 Q1 Project: Schools]], [[Tag:amenity=school]]

* Post Offices
**https://osm.mathmos.net/postoffice/ has been made to assist handling data for all UK Royal Mail [[Tag:amenity:post_office#United_Kingdom|Post Office]]'s. See also [[UK 2018 Q2 Project: Post offices]]

*[[Natural England]] ''England only''
** OGL data for National Parks, Local and National Nature Reserves, Commons

*[[UK Food Hygiene Rating System]]
** Name, address, and other Information for thousands of food handling businesses across the United Kingdom.

* Public Rights of Way (Footpaths, bridleways, etc)
** Some UK Councils have released PROW (Public Rights of Way) data under OGLv3 licence. See [[UK 2018 Q3 Project: Paths and rights of way#Useful Tools]], see also [[UK access provisions]]

* Electric Car Charging Stations
** This [https://data.gov.uk/dataset/1ce239a6-d720-4305-ab52-17793fedfac3/national-charge-point-registry data.gov.uk] has a CSV with details and  approximate locations of many UK [[Tag:amenity=charging_station]]'s

*[[Department for Transport]]
**[[NaPTAN]]

*[[Highways England]]
**Highways England have given permission under the OGL licence to use their plan for the M42 J6 improvement scheme. Hopefully more will be forthcoming.

'''Original request to Highway England'''

As this scheme looks like it is about to start I'd like to start mapping the proposed route  for OpenStreetMap  and follow the associated work as it progresses to completion. Is it possible you could supply a plan of the route that is suitably licensed for use in OpenStreetMap? The OpenGovernment Licence works well. Currently all I can access is either protected by OS Crown Copyright or Aecom's prohibition on any use other than their client. I need this as the route is not amenable to our usual survey methods on foot/bicycle or by vehicular smartphone image capture.

I hope you can respond positively to my request. OpenStreetMap is widely used by many third party apps and the general public so keeping the map data up to date is vital to its utility.  

'''Text of email from M42 J6 project support team dated Oct 12 2020:'''
We’d be pleased to supply the information you need under the terms of the Open Government Licence (OGL).  You can find the text of the licence at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Once you have considered the licence would you please let me know if you are willing to agree to its terms. You should particularly note that you (and any other third parties when sharing the data), as part the terms of the OGL, will need to acknowledge the source of the Information in their products or applications.  This could be done by including or linking to an attribution statement saying that Highways England is licencing this data on the terms of the OGL and, if possible, provide a link to the OGL itself.  Would you let me know how you’d propose to do that, please? Thank you again for taking the time to contact us and I hope you have found this response useful. If you require any further information about the M42 Junction 6 scheme, please email us at our scheme inbox or telephone 0300 123 5000.

'''Response of mappa-mercia dated October 12 2020'''

This is great news, thank you . OpenStreetMap has regularly  used  data under the Open Government Licence so we are familiar with its terms and therefore I can readily agree to them.

I propose declaring attribution in the following manner:

All data will be tagged:

source=Highways England
source:licence=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Additionally I will post a Highways England wiki page in the OpenStreeMap UK section of  the www.openstreetmap.org website with a copy of your emails granting permission. This is in order that other mappers and data users can have a public audit trail for my source tags proposed above.

*[[Canal & River Trust]]

== History ==
The UK has a very strong history in OSM:

* 2004 - OpenStreetMap is born here on 9 August
* 2005 - The very first mapping party is held in [[Map_Limehouse_Event_2005|Limehouse, London]]
* 2005 - The [[Past_Events_2005#December_2005_-_GDACS_Workshop.2C_EC_JRC_Ispra|idea of OSM for disaster response is first presented]]. This is seen as the conception of [[Humanitarian OSM Team]]
* 2006 - OSM appears in The Big Issue. OSM's first press coverage (?)
* 2007 - The first conference, [[State Of The Map 2007]], is hosted in Manchester
* 2007 - [[Edinburgh/MappingParty/2007-Q3|First Scottish mapping party]]
* 2011 - [[State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2011]]
* 2012 - [[State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2012]]
* 2013 - [[State Of The Map 2013]] hosted in Birmingham
* 2013 - [[State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2013]]
* 2015 - [[State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2015]]

There have been many [[:Category:Events_in_the_United_Kingdom|Events held in the United_Kingdom]] from 2004 to today. For the historically minded, many have been documented.

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