Postcodes, Place Names and Road Numbers - Great Britain: Open Names

## Introduction

OS Open Names is a comprehensive dataset of place names, roads numbers and postcodes for Great Britain. The data contains accurate and current settlement names, road names and numbers, postcodes and their locations, with additional contextual information and links to other datasets.

Category: Addresses and names

Coverage: Great Britain

Update Cycle: Quarterly in January, April, July, October.

Release Note: [https://docs.os.uk/os-downloads/addressing-and-location/os-open-names/release-notes/](https://docs.os.uk/os-downloads/addressing-and-location/os-open-names/release-notes/)

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## What's in this product?

Open Names: Provides basic information about identifiable places (i.e. named places). The names are divided into themes based on type and local type classification values. The data contains accurate and current settlement names, road names and numbers, postcodes and their locations, with additional contextual information and links to other datasets.

## What is its value?

Open Names creates value for customers in a variety of ways including:

1. Let your customer-facing staff find places quickly when talking to callers. OS Open Names provides the accurate locations of streets and postcodes in Great Britain.
2. Quickly look up places and roads with two names. OS Open Names contains place name data in English and their Welsh, Scots or Gaelic alternatives. This can help tourism and hospitality businesses support visitors by offering bilingual guides.

## Case Studies

Helping map and name archaeological sites for Historic England [https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/customers/case-studies/aerial-map-archaeological-sites](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/customers/case-studies/aerial-map-archaeological-sites)

原始信息汇总

Postcodes, Place Names and Road Numbers - Great Britain: Open Names

概述

• 提供商: Ordnance Survey
• 覆盖范围: 大不列颠（英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士）
• 数据格式: 矢量
• 比例尺: 1:1 250 至 1:10 000
• 更新周期: 每季度（1月、4月、7月、10月）
• 最后更新: 2025年4月
• 发布说明: https://docs.os.uk/os-downloads/addressing-and-location/os-open-names/release-notes/april-2025

产品内容

• Open Names: 提供关于可识别地点（即命名地点）的基本信息。名称根据类型和本地类型分类值划分为不同主题。数据包含准确和最新的定居点名称、道路名称和编号、邮政编码及其位置，以及额外的上下文信息和与其他数据集的链接。

产品价值

1. 让面向客户的员工在与来电者交谈时快速找到地点。OS Open Names 提供了大不列颠街道和邮政编码的准确位置。
2. 快速查找有两个名称的地点和道路。OS Open Names 包含英语地名数据及其威尔士语、苏格兰语或盖尔语替代名称。这可以帮助旅游和酒店企业通过提供双语指南来支持游客。

业务需求

考古测绘

• 地名与土地紧密相连，并包含我们过去的历史线索。Open Names 可用于为任何地点添加上下文，特别是那些具有考古和历史意义的地点。

旅游和酒店业

• Open Names 帮助威尔士和苏格兰的旅游和酒店企业制作双语指南和地图。

数据字典

表名: PRS_NAMED_PLACE_VW

列名

• ID
• NAMES_URI
• NAME1
• NAME1_LANG
• NAME2
• NAME2_LANG
• TYPE
• LOCAL_TYPE
• MOST_DETAIL_VIEW_RES
• LEAST_DETAIL_VIEW_RES
• MBR_XMIN
• MBR_YMIN
• MBR_XMAX
• MBR_YMAX
• POSTCODE_DISTRICT
• POSTCODE_DISTRICT_URI
• POPULATED_PLACE
• POPULATED_PLACE_URI
• POPULATED_PLACE_TYPE
• DISTRICT_BOROUGH
• DISTRICT_BOROUGH_URI
• DISTRICT_BOROUGH_TYPE
• COUNTY_UNITARY
• COUNTY_UNITARY_URI
• COUNTY_UNITARY_TYPE
• REGION
• REGION_URI
• COUNTRY
• COUNTRY_URI
• RELATED_SPATIAL_OBJECT
• SAME_AS_DBPEDIA
• SAME_AS_GEONAMES
• GEOMETRY
• GEOGRAPHY

使用示例

Open Names 示例

• 查询示例: select * from PRS_OPEN_NAMES_SCH.PRS_NAMED_PLACE_VW limit 1000;

相关产品

• Road network - Great Britain: Open Roads: 包括高速公路、A级道路、B级道路、乡村车道在内的道路网络全面覆盖。
• Unique Property Reference Numbers - Great Britain: Open UPRN: 约4000万处物业的位置，包括邮政和非邮政地址。
• Urban Extents for Cities, Towns and Villages - Great Britain: Open Built Up Areas: 建成区范围，旨在支持统计分析和政策制定。
• Watercourses, Water Bodies, Rivers - Great Britain: Open Rivers: 14.4万公里的水体、水道、淡水河流、潮汐河口和运河。
• Sample: Buildings - GB: OS National Geographic Database: 大不列颠超过4000万栋建筑 - 建筑情报的权威来源。
• Parks, Sports Facilities, Allotments - Great Britain: Open Greenspace: 英国的绿地开放数据。定位公共公园、体育设施、游乐区、分配地。

地理覆盖

• 英格兰
• 苏格兰
• 威尔士

云区域可用性

AWS

• Africa (Cape Town)
• Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
• Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
• Asia Pacific (Osaka)
• 45 More

法律条款

• 标准条款

联系方式

• 销售: [e-mail]
• 支持: [e-mail]

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集提供英国全面的地名、道路编号和邮编信息，包含精确的定居点名称、道路名称及编号、邮编及其位置，附带上下文信息并与其他数据集关联。数据按季度更新，适用于客户服务快速定位和多语言地名查询等场景。