How OSNI data is licensed

Innovators and developers

An innovator licence gives free access to Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) Geographic Information for product development. If a developer creates a product they want to sell, they must sign a value added reseller (VAR) agreement with LPS. They need to sign the agreement before they sell any products. 

For more information, contact LPS:

• telephone: 0300 200 7804 
• telephone: +44 28 9049 5802 (from outside the UK)
• email: commercial@finance-ni.gov.uk

Value added resellers

A value added reseller (VAR) licenses geographic digital data from LPS and creates a product by adding value to the digital data. When a VAR creates a product, they pay LPS a royalty or fee for using  the digital data.

For more information, contact LPS:

• telephone: 0300 200 7804 
• telephone: +44 28 9049 5802 (from outside the UK)
• email: commercial@finance-ni.gov.uk
• Valued added resellers

Solution provider's licence

A solutions provider licenses geographic digital data from LPS to create data or a digital solution for one organisation's internal business usage. 

• telephone: 0300 200 7804 
• telephone: +44 28 9049 5802 (if calling from outside the UK)
• email: commercial@finance-ni.gov.uk

Distributors

LPS licenses distributors to provide digital data or sell OSNI-branded paper mapping.

For more information, contact LPS:

• telephone: 0300 200 7804 
• telephone: +44 28 9049 5802 (from outside the UK)
• email: commercial@finance-ni.gov.uk
• LPS distributors

Wholesalers and retailers

A wholesaler buys large amounts of OSNI-branded paper mapping from LPS and sells that mapping to retailers.

A retailer buys large amounts of OSNI-branded paper mapping  from LPS or an LPS wholesaler. The retailer sells individual maps or map sets to the public in a shop or store.

For more information, contact LPS:

• telephone: 0300 200 7804 
• telephone: +44 28 9049 5802 (if calling from outside the UK)
• email: copyright@finance-ni.gov.uk

Making a commercial agreement

For more information on commercial agreements, contact LPS:

• telephone: 0300 200 7804 
• telephone: +44 28 9049 5802 (from outside the UK)
• email: commercial@finance-ni.gov.uk

More useful links

• Land & Property Services helpdesks
• Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland