From 409d4d32ca99f4f6b3c36d4a74507794ece7eea0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Wareham Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:08:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add simple README with licence and copyright info As a third party whose attention just drifted towards the repo, I'd like a little README just noting what this data is, where it comes from and how it's licensed. It's fairly easy to find this out but adding a README for a future @rjw57 is a small contribution I could make. (Writing documentation is always good, yes?) I've tried to add a small factual README which is fairy uncontroversial but obviously I didn't create this repo or generate the data so do feel very free to correct/amend/delete as appropriate. Finally, I don't think one is *compelled* to include a copy of the OS OpenData licence in derivative works such as this but it feels like one is being a good citizen by at least linking to it so I added that information to. --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7d1e94d3e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# GeoJSON administrative boundary line dataset + +This repository contains the full hierarchy of local government administrative and electoral boundaries in +Great Britain in GeoJSON format. It's used within instances of the +[finds.org.uk database software](https://github.com/findsorguk/findsorguk) to provide data for mapping. + +## Provenance + +The data is sourced from the +[Boundary-Line](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/boundary-line.html) +dataset provided by the [Ordnance Survey](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/). + +## Re-creating + +The [scripts](scripts) directory contains the original scripts used to convert the data. + +## Copyright and Licensing + +The original data was released under the [Open Government Licence](http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). +Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.