What a wonderful thing this is. Stuffy old Ordnance Survey, best known for creating the maps you used to use before your phone did it much better, has created an absolutely vast Minecraft map of ...

No doubting the scholarly rigour of this highly visual production, which reflects maps’ many distinctive styles and ...

In 1824, teams of surveyors began to map Ireland, making it the first place in the world to have detailed ordnance survey maps for an entire country. Now, 200 years later, these 6in to a mile maps, ...

Nigel Brown has built up a collection of nearly 2,000 Ordnance Survey maps over 60 years - but he admits he will probably still buy some more. As a 10-year-old, he and a group of friends got hold of ...

Ordnance Survey, the 232-year-old national mapping agency, has released its first ever official mapping app on Apple iOS devices, taking the iconic paper maps into the digital age. There are plenty of ...

Britain's Ordnance Survey is planning to roll out a new colour palette for its maps which enables those with colour blindness to use them. Colour blindness, or colour vision deficiency (CVD), affects ...

They’re the chaps who put Britain on the map — literally. But in an age of sat-navs and couch potatoes, will there still be a place for the unsung heroes of the Ordnance Survey? Nothing sneaks past ...

Famous for their comprehensive coverage and the extraordinary level of detail they deliver, Ordnance Survey maps have been used by hikers, bikers, boaters, anglers, amblers and outdoor explorers of ...

BRITAIN's national mapping agency Ordnance Survey has officially recognised the Ospreys' rugby region - by naming it "Ospreylia". The region, made up of Neath-Port Talbot, Swansea and Bridgend has ...

New landscape data will have a “significant impact” on biodiversity, carbon accounting and environmental projects across Britain, the national mapping service has said. Ordnance Survey, which is known ...

Gareth Mitchell visits Ordnance Survey and discovers Britain's hidden high-tech master map. Acoustic engineer Trevor Cox launches the BBC's Great British Voice Test. Show more For the past 220 years, ...