Dear Sir or Madam,

You state on your website that your products Land-Line and 1:50,000
Scale Colour Raster contain detailed information on the location of
Post Boxes. Please could you tell me

How many Post Boxes location points are identified within these
products

How accurate the location of these post boxes is (resolution) and
whether the level accuracy is uniform across all the post box
locations

If the post boxes are labeled with any identifier which is
recognised by the Royal Mail

Yours faithfully,

Julian Burgess

Our Ref: 68703

Dear Mr Burgess,

Request for information

Thank you for your email dated 15th July 2008 requesting details on
"Number of Royal Mail Post Boxes and location precision."

Please note that Ordnance Survey is considering your request under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). As your request was received by
us on 15th July we will provide you with a full response within 20
working days as required by the FOIA, meaning by 12th August 2008.

In the meantime, if you have any further questions please contact me as
listed below.

Thank you for your enquiry

Regards

Mrs Janet Keep

Customer Service Advisor

Customer Service Centre, Ordnance Survey

C454, Romsey Road, SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, SO16 4GU

Phone: +44 (0) 23 8030 5030 | Fax: +44 (0) 23 8079 2615

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Dear Julian,

Request for information

Ordnance Survey reference: 68703

Thank you for your email dated 15 July 2008 requesting; "You state on
your website that your products Land-Line and 1:50,000 Scale Colour
Raster contain detailed information on the location of Post Boxes.
Please could you tell me:

1) How many Post Boxes location points are identified within
these Products?

2) How accurate the location of these post boxes is
(resolution) and whether the level accuracy is uniform across all the
post box locations?

3) If the post boxes are labelled with any identifier which
is recognised by the Royal Mail?"

I am pleased to provide you with the attached information with regard to
your request.

1) There are currently 668,430 common points of detail with
the same map feature code as Royal Mail post boxes. Of these points,
Royal Mail post boxes are annotated by the letters 'LB'(for Letter
Box) within our large scale database, now OS MasterMap and not
Land-Line. As this information is reasonably accessible to you by
other means by using our Point X product, even though accessible only on
payment, this part of your request is exempt under section 21 (2)
(a) for the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

We do not show post boxes in our 1:50,000 Scale Colour
Raster product.

2) Accuracy statements for OS MasterMap can be found at:
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsit...
ml

3) The identifier is that created by Ordnance Survey as
stated in our specification:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsit...
taloue/OS%20MasterMap%20Topography%20Layer%20Feature%20Catalogue.htm

and

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsit...
pography/techinfo.html

Please note that your enquiry has been processed to Freedom of
Information guidelines. To the extent that the public interest (section
17) applies, we have determined that in all the circumstances of the
case, the public interest has been met with the full provision of all
information in this instance.

If you are unhappy with our response, you may raise an appeal to our
Appeals Officer at:

Customer Service Centre

Ordnance Survey

Romsey Road

SOUTHAMPTON

SO16 4GU

Please include the reference number above. The Appeals Officer will
ensure that the process has been followed correctly, questioning any
decisions taken regarding the original response and recommending
disclosure of additional information if appropriate.

Thank you for your enquiry.

Regards

Mrs Janet Keep

Customer Service Advisor

Customer Service Centre, Ordnance Survey

C454, Romsey Road, SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, SO16 4GU

Phone: +44 (0) 23 8030 5030 | Fax: +44 (0) 23 8079 2615

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ | [Ordnance Survey request email]
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________________________________

From: Customer Services
Sent: 16 July 2008 14:40
To: Julian Burgess
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Number of Royal Mail Post
Boxes and location precision (FOI)

Our Ref: 68703

Dear Mr Burgess,

Request for information

Thank you for your email dated 15th July 2008 requesting details on
"Number of Royal Mail Post Boxes and location precision."

Please note that Ordnance Survey is considering your request under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). As your request was received by
us on 15th July we will provide you with a full response within 20
working days as required by the FOIA, meaning by 12th August 2008.

In the meantime, if you have any further questions please contact me as
listed below.

Thank you for your enquiry

Regards

Mrs Janet Keep

Customer Service Advisor

Customer Service Centre, Ordnance Survey

C454, Romsey Road, SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, SO16 4GU

Phone: +44 (0) 23 8030 5030 | Fax: +44 (0) 23 8079 2615

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ | [Ordnance Survey request email]
<mailto:[email address]>

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