Openreach using OS OnDemand - Ordnance Survey

OS OnDemand has revolutionised how
Openreach uses mapping.
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Solution
Openreach now uses an improved process underpinned by Ordnance Survey’s
OS OnDemand web mapping service.
When street works are required, any one of 3 000 Openreach Job Originators logs
onto the EToN Streetworks Notification System. The system pulls in basic data from
the National Street Gazetteer and then instantly links to the most current
OS MasterMap ® Topography Layer – the nation’s most detailed geographic database –
straight from OS OnDemand.
The difference in data detail and quality is considerable, with OS MasterMap
Topography Layer providing information on road geometry, house numbers, landmarks
and building names, all of which can then be used to validate the location and provide
additional detail when planning street works.
Having access to detailed and up-to-date data also helps the job originators make
better decisions, for example, whether the work can be confined to the pavement
when no notification is needed, or whether diversions, traffic lights or bollards will be
needed, and if so, how many.
Once planning is completed, the accurate coordinates captured from OS MasterMap
Topography Layer in OS OnDemand are automatically transferred into the Streetworks
Notification System and sent electronically to the highway authorities.
In the case of permits once approved, Openreach contractors can then access the
system and use the data to help carry out the work, on time and in the right place.
Benefits
Because the mapping available from OS OnDemand is hosted and served directly
from Ordnance Survey, it is always the most up-to-date available. As a result, there is
no need for an additional Openreach server to host and maintain the data, which is a
significant saving in its own right.
As the data is accurate and current, the number of notice penalties incurred due to
using incorrect or out-of-date information is massively reduced.
Thanks to the use of OS OnDemand, Openreach expects to reduce fines to a minimal
level annually.