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We have also received the request from NR - we approached it as a one off data request, for which we require a Data Licence to be signed. NR then decided they wanted various terms of said licence changed. It is a fairly generic licence. They were wanting to change it's tone into more of a contractual obligation for us to supply data. We are exploring the development of Web Feature Services to meet this sort of requirement. We currently get an ever increasing (echoing Tim's concern) number of requests for this type of data. We provide a Web Mapping Service to allow 'search agents/councils/public to 'view' our (albeit redacted) asset information. I know of a couple of initiatives other tha NUAG that attempted a consolidated service (with various styles of approach) the latest, for London only by Arup, sponsored by TFL, has I believe, like all the others been shelved. We approached an external contractor to undertake a consolidated model for us, the cost was prohibitive in the extreme. One of the main blockers seems to be the evolutionalty path that a lot of the other utilities are on with regard to digital representation (if any) of their assets & we have spent a considerable amount of time/effort to try to consolidate the 'top five' to provide colour digital data in a GIS compatible format - we are still not there yet 18 months down the line! Is there an entrepreneurial opportunity here ? Lawrence