Points of Interest

Getting started

Points of Interest is a dataset containing around four million different geographic features, supplied with location, functional information and addresses where possible.

Product Information (PDF)

This document contains additional theoretical information related to the product. All users will find the Product Information document useful and informative.

Classification scheme (PDF)

Customers can select Points of Interest from the complete classification or from any combination of group and/or category.

Release note (PDF)

This release note provides information of schema changes to the Points of Interest product.

Technical Information

Points of Interest has a three-level classification to assist customers in identifying the features or sets of features they require.

Technical Specification (PDF)

The Technical Specification provides detailed technical information about the product. It is targeted at technical users and software developers.

Points of Interest class count (PDF)

This document lists all Points of Interest Classes and their record counts.

Specifications

Key Features	What this product offers
Format	Text
Themes	Accommodation; eating and drinking; commercial services; attractions; sport and entertainment; education and health; public infrastructure; manufacturing and production; retail; transport.
Data structure	Points
Classification	3-tier hierarchy (9 groups, 52 categories and 616 classes)
Key attribution	Unique reference number, feature name, classification code, geo-code, positional accuracy code, topographic reference, road network reference, distance to nearest road, postal address detail, telephone number, web URL, brand, provenance.
Supply	DVD
Update frequency	Quarterly - March, June, September and December (full re-supply)
Total feature count	More than 4,000,000
Coverage	Great Britain

Links and downloads

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FAQs

Points of Interest FAQs

How is Points of Interest supplied?

Points of Interest is supplied on DVD; you can get updates to your area of interest each quarter. It's a text file with data separated by pipes and speech marks. We can't use commas as a separator because they occur within record entries.

This is what one looks like:

"115403011|"Cash Machine (Omnicash Ltd)"|"02090141"|542301|184691|"1"||"Not Assigned"|0|"542298.3"|"184703.5"|"4000000030155924"|"7"|"12.8"|"52a Shelley Avenue"|""|"London"|"Greater London"|"E12 6PU"|"N" |"Newham London Boro"|""|""|""|"Public Accessibility"|"ATM inside a location that is accessible in office hours and into the evening, including branch lobby"|"VocaLink"|"01- SEP- 2014"

What do I need to use it?

Which OS Partners support POI sale by classifications?

Have contractual changes taken place?

How to get this product

I'm a business

You’re welcome to try out this data for free under our Data Exploration Licence or download our sample data.

Once you’re ready to use this product internally you should contact one of our Partners unless you’re in the Energy & Infrastructure sector, in which case please contact us so that we can advise you on next steps.

If you’re looking to create your own product and services, you will need to sign up to our Framework Contract (Partners) to use this product commercially or distribute it.

I'm a government organisation

Public sector organisations have a right to use most of our data thanks to an agreement with the UK government called the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA).

You can sign up here to access this agreement or if you’re an existing public sector customer you can log in and get support.

Further information on Public Sector licenses can be found on our Members guide to public sector licensing.

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