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The work of the new Geospatial Commission mainly
includes:

1. Coordinate different geographic information
organisations, such as the Ordnance Survey, the British
Geological Survey, the HM Land Registry, and the
Valuation Office Agency, etc., to ensure linkage of data,

data quality and ease of use
2. Look into making more geospatial data available for
free and without restriction
3. Formulate regulation and policies related to spatial

194 data made available to the public sector
4. Monitor the effectiveness of different departments in
implementing geospatial strategies; provide strategic
advice to government decision-making authorities and

relevant organisations.

Its primary task was opening up the data of the Ordnance
Survey from 2018, which, in turn, will benefit all sectors,

especially SMEs. To ensure accurate data, the Ordnance
Survey updates its national MasterMap seven times per
minute, equalling more than 10,000 updates each day of
the year. In the past, most of these data were not open