Route Planning ETA

Gibbo10 · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:10 am Post subject: Route Planning ETA

Has anyone managed to get a date out of Satmap yet for the route planning part of the website. Thier email this week said coming soon.

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:03 am Post subject:

All I know is that it is close, this month would be nice but it is in the hands of the OS chaps - Mike

Gibbo10 · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:13 pm Post subject:

I had an email back from Satmap today, they said that they have been ready for several months but OS keep putting the meeting back with them to agree it's use. Until that happens they can not make it available. They suggest that we get as many people to write to OS and so that they can see that lots of people are interested in it and perhaps it will speed things up.

customerservices@ordnancesurvey.co.uk

Customer Service Centre
Ordnance Survey
Romsey Road
Southampton
SO16 4GU

Monday to Friday. Call us on 08456 05 05 05 for all general public enquiries.

Why don't we all do it - come back and post a reply when you've written.

Gibbo10 · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:27 pm Post subject:

I've witten, now do your bit for your GPSr!!

robs1972 · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:22 pm Post subject:

roger-m · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2008 Posts: 10

With the OS OpenSpace API I can see lots of OS based mapping utilities emerging.

Here's one I spotted which plots an uploaded gpx file. A good one for road cyclists since at max zoom level it shows the names of all the roads.

http://www.mikkel.org.uk/myownlittleworld/mapupload.html

Roger

marcelus54 · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:19 am Post subject:

We know Satmap read the posts on this site, perhaps OS do to, send the email, it can only only help.

Bosun · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:25 am Post subject:

eranou · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 03, 2008 Posts: 12

Sent e-mail to OS today.

Richard

IanHibbert · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 17, 2007 Posts: 34

I spoke with the OS yesterday and they got a quote from their Satmap account manager who said they were looking at the end of Feb.... Shocked

mikealder · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject:

This is the OS we are talking about who are stopping/ delaying the use of this product and NOT SatMap, did they say which year or just mention Feb........ - Mike

satmapian · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2009 Posts: 59

I've just sent mine. Below is a copy of my e-mail for anyone to copy, adapt and send:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Satmap have been promising their customers an online route planner for months now. They are apparently ready to launch, but waiting for the go ahead from the Ordnance Survey. This service will make the Satmap so much more desirable to new and existing customers. Can I urge you to speed up the process please, so that existing customers can make use of the promised service, and Ordnance Survey will profit from the royalties from increased sales of the mapping.

Kind regards

IanHibbert · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 17, 2007 Posts: 34

...sorry Mike did I not mention it, 2013 I believe, well be fair as the the nice lady told me....'these licensing issues can be quite complicated you know'!

ocam · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2007 Posts: 46

I've sent an email. Hope it helps. Smile

By the way, I think v1.3 is the business!

Gibbo10 · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject:

OS have sent me an email today as follows:-

I can confirm that the licensing terms and conditions between Ordnance Survey and SatMap have been agreed and our legal department are now in the process of formalising this agreement. It is hoped that the route planner will be available from 9 February.

Fingers crossed

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