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PSMA licensing

For the first time from 1 April 2011, England and Wales public sector bodies will be able to access the same Ordnance Survey data free at the point of use. In addition they will be able to share this data with anyone they need to support their public sector service delivery.

PSMA Member Licence

What you can do with the data

Your core business

These terms replace the previous business use clauses used in previous agreements. Under this definition, PSMA members are entitled to use data provided through the agreement for any purposes they consider they have to undertake to meet their public service delivery obligations. For example, this includes:

  • Creating and monitoring policy
  • Operational management of government
  • Delivering government business and public services
  • Making information available to the public
  • Performing any other function required by statute
  • Passing derived information and/or data to any other member of the PSMA

Sharing data with your contractors

As with past agreements, you will continue to be able to share data with your contractors. This can either be done via an electronic template provided by us, or by incorporating the relevant clauses contained within the template in your own bespoke licences with your contractors.

Sharing data with One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA) members

These terms permit you to pass data to a member/s of the One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA) when you are working with them on a recognised joint initiative and which requires the OSMA member/s to use mapping covering areas of England and/or Wales to fulfill their obligations under that initiative.

Sharing data with infrastructure bodies

Infrastructure bodies comprise those in the gas, electricity, water, rail and telecommunication sectors, as well as transport and airport operators.

Public sector clients and this wider group of customers now have common terms, which permit the exchange of derived data between entities, as long as they are licensed for the same product/s and for the same geographical coverage of the data you intend to share.

Sharing data with others - end user licence

This licence permits you to pass data and or derived data to anyone who is supporting you in the delivery of your core business. You do not have to have additional formal arrangements in place with these bodies, so this end user licence helps individuals, voluntary and community groups or other similar bodies who require mapping to deliver and/or support your public task to deliver your core business.

Licences

PSMA Member Licence *** (Updated Jan 2012)

PSMA End User Licence form field* (Updated Jan 2012)

PSMA End User Licence read only* (Updated Jan 2012)

PSMA Contractor Licence form field (Updated Jan 2012)

PSMA Contractor Licence read only (Updated Jan 2012)

PSMA Royal Mail terms (stand-alone Appendix 3)** (Updated Jan 2012)

PSMA Member Licence acceptance form (Updated Jan 2012)

Public Sector Web Mapping Services End User Licence (Published Jan 2012)

* We have made two versions available of both the PSMA Contractor and End User Licences. The ‘form field’ version is the standard Ordnance Survey licence that allows you to complete and save information within the document itself. The ‘read only’ version enables you to copy text from the document, which can then be pasted and saved into a new document that you have created.

** Where addressing data is being supplied, these Royal Mail terms must be applied and passed on in full to all Contractors and End-users. 

*** The terms of the PSMA require all detailed address users to pay their standard Royal Mail royalties, the value of which reflects the addressing product(s) being ordered along with the geographic holding and usage. For details see section 3.1 of the PSMA Member Licence and Appendix 3).  Note: For 2011-12 there are some interim arrangements in place (details available in the Members area) while the Department for Business Innovation and Skills continue discussions with Royal Mail aimed at securing a central licence for all use across the public sector.

Licence help

PSMA Member Licence key facts

PSMA Member Licence user guide

Public Sector Web Mapping Services End User Licence guidance (Published Jan 2012)

Partner style guide

 

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