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<p>The costs for Ordnance Survey’s aerial photography programme in each of the last
five years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - £3.36m</p><p> </p><p>2011/12
- £2.05m</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 - £1.63m</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 - £1.96m</p><p> </p><p>2014/15
- £1.97m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These costs include capture of the imagery
and it’s processing to create ortho-imagery, which is used to update the Master Map
of Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As explained in the response to Question
UIN 221333, Ordnance Survey requires full ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights
of the aerial photography it acquires. Ordnance Survey considered all options and
decided to procure full rights to the data it required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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