APIs can be the building blocks that speed up the development time of your applications. They are a data delivery mechanism that can help you work more efficiently, saving time and costs, and help reduce your time to value.

In this webinar we will take a look at the OS API suite and consider how they can be used together to create interactive applications. From address search, to detailed MasterMaps, from 3D buildings to linking data with UPRNs.

This webinar will use various demonstrations to showcase the power of APIs to transform your geospatial applications and help bring it all to life.

Session Experts

Charley Glynn is a professionally trained cartographer with 15 years’ experience in leading cartography and data visualisation initiatives with public sector, enterprise, and start-up communities. His achievements have resulted in winning multiple awards along the way. Charley is passionate about the power of geography and the impact it has on people’s lives and business decision-making.

Charley is the API product manager at Ordnance Survey, leading the API product strategy with a focus on maximising the value of OS data. Since the launch of the OS Data Hub in 2020, he has helped thousands of developers and data scientists discover, access, and use OS data through a new suite of location APIs, significantly improving their time-to-value. In his spare time, he still likes to make the odd map.

Matthew Ricketts is a Senior Technical Consultant specialising in PostgreSQL and PostGIS and OS’s API services. He’s passionate about the use of geospatial data, particularly when locating people and places, and how it can be used to improve the provision of citizen services and save lives.

Following various secondments across the Welsh and UK Government, Matt leads a team of consultants across the London and South East region advising and providing technical support to customers via the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA). Customers include central government such as national security and resilience agencies, where he’s supports their public strategies by providing geospatial expertise. His latest secondment was in the Department of Health and Social Care, directly supporting the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Matt joined Ordnance Survey on the graduate data science pathway, having graduated from Durham University and is a Ambassador for the Royal Geographic Society. In his spare time he’s likely to be found in the kitchen and likes to explore new places on two wheels.