Yesterday at a conference on Digital Britain Gordon, Brown prime Minister has announced freeing of OS data by April 1St, as the Guardian reports.

“I can confirm that from 1st April, we will be making a substantial package of information held by ordnance survey freely available to the public, without restrictions on re-use. Further details on the package and government’s response to the consultation will be published by the end of March.”

This is a big win for the guardian’s Free Our Data campaign; as are all the other non-personal datasets being released. It’s a huge, huge win for the campaign.

Full transcript of Gordon Browns’ speech is available on the number 10 website: http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22897