As new OS mapping datasets are developed and become available, the JISC will be able to negotiate for their incorporation in the scheme during the course of the Agreement. The Ordnance Survey will also continue to consider requests from HEIs to wider coverage of specific datasets in support of specific academic research projects. Any access given by the Ordnance Survey to such wider coverage will be the subject of a separate agreement between the HEI concerned and the OS and will not be considered as part of the central agreement outlined in this circular. Before the JISC makes any further progress in our negotiations with the OS, we need to establish the number of institutions that would subscribe to the offer, and which variant they would choose. An institution taking its full tile allowance for each dataset each year, would, therefore, end up holding 5 times the annual tile allowance at the end of the 5 year period.
Institutions are free to choose any tiles from each dataset up to the agreed maximum.
Further details of each dataset can be obtained from the 1997 OS Products and Services Catalogue, a copy of which is enclosed with this circular. A definitive list will form part of the final contract should this offer be acceptable to the HEI's. Permitted Use of the Data Data may be used for teaching, academic and educational research. These terms are defined in Annex B . Data held by the HEI may be copied within the institution for the purposes of the permitted use.