Unlock Places
Unlock Places finds locations for place names as points or more detailed outlines, and returns these for use in a range of other online applications or programs.
The service references several different data sources to search a global list of places with more in depth coverage of the UK from the Ordnance Survey. Here is a list of the current data sources.
How to use Unlock Places
Unlock Places can be used in your web project or mobile information service. Have a look at the getting started page to see how you can integrate it into your work.
Unlock Places at Work
Here are some projects and services that are already making use of the service:
- The Archaeology Data Service and the Molly Mobile Portal Project use Unlock to search for locations of UK postcodes
- The Go-Geo data catalogue and Georeferencer use Unlock to search for locations of place-names
Licensing and use of the service
Unlock uses Open Data sources that all meet the terms of the Open Knowledge Definition. See the Data Sources page for more information.
