A Government initiative to make it easier for people to locate and access greenspaces has launched today with the release of a new database and interactive digital map identifying accessible recreational and leisure greenspace in Great Britain. Delivered by...
Caroline Bellamy Appointed New Chief Data Officer of Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (OS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline Bellamy, as its new Chief Data Officer. Caroline is a highly-experienced leader with 25 years’ Data and Insight experience, working in multiple sectors at senior levels. Caroline joins OS from...
Ordnance Survey to Map Out Greener Communities at NWG Innovation Festival
Ordnance Survey will lead a group of businesses, academics, students and members of the public in a week-long challenge to identify ways of improving the environment. The focus on how businesses can contribute towards greener communities comes as part of Northumbrian...
Ordnance Survey Sets Out to Enhance its Aerial Mapping Technologies
Ordnance Survey (OS) has signed an agreement with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), negotiated by its technology transfer arm, Ploughshare Innovations, to allow it to licence various forms of cutting edge aerial mapping technology. The main...
Explore Great Britain with OS's Ultimate Adventure Planning Tool
Timed for the start of the GetOutside season, and offering stunning views of the country, Aerial 3D has been purposely designed to help outdoor enthusiasts stay safe, view routes as never before and discover new places to visit. Aerial 3D image of Cheddar Gorge in...
Cadcorp SIS Service Release Brings Extensive Support to Latest Ordnance Survey Products
Cadcorp has launched a new Network Manager application in the latest service release of Cadcorp SIS 8.0. The application loads OS MasterMap Highways Network data into a structured topological network that includes roads, paths, and asset management information. This...
Trimble and Ordnance Survey Collaborate to Aid Geospatial Industry Innovation
The Geovation Innovators will also be granted access to Trimble’s subscription-based on-demand positioning services, which enable the receivers to obtain high-accuracy positioning by utilizing data from OS’s OSNet for the necessary corrections. It is hoped...
Ordnance Survey International Helps the UAE Manage Climate Change
LONDON, January 30, 2017 - Ordnance Survey International and Deimos Space UK are to work with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai to help the United Arab Emirates (UAE) improve how it plans and manages its natural resources and infrastructure. Ordnance...
Cadcorp Ordnance Survey (OS) WMTS for Systems Integrators
In the UK, systems integrators, developers and administrators of web mapping applications are often required to provide a locational context for their business data against a backdrop of Ordnance Survey (OS) map data. They want to do this as simply as possible and...
Farmers and the Environment to Benefit as Ordnance Survey Creates New Data Layer of Hedges
373, 919km of England’s farmland hedges have been accurately mapped to create a new digital dataset, OS Landscape Features Layer, which will be used by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). The new dataset will play an important role in the Rural Payments Agency’s...