[gdal-dev] ogr2ogr problem converting UK Ordnance Survey MasterMap

Martin Daly Martin.Daly at cadcorp.com
Fri Jul 2 03:04:38 EDT 2010


>     Here it is not only GDAL/OGR that has a problem!  Currently, I know of no
> importer that can handle this construct, other than the tool (from Snowflake)
> used by OSGB to generate it - and there is also the question of onwards
> storage.

Not even close, I'm afraid.

There are plenty of tools to read (all parts of) OS MM:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/osmastermap/information/technical/software.html

e.g. (an excellent one, at a very reasonable price...)

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/osmastermap/information/technical/software/cadcorp.html

Also, as far as I am aware, OS GB use in-house software to generate the data.

Martin
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