Large-scale maps - 1:1,250, 1:2,500 and 1:10,000. Features appear larger on the map. This may be used for individual towns and cities. Small-scale - 1:25,000, 1:50,000 and 1:100,000. Features appear ...

Hiking is set to overtake yoga, according to trend forecaster WGSN. This shouldn’t come as any great surprise. The benefits of spending time in nature are well documented and can include a decrease in ...

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 ...

A new icon will be displayed on Ordnance Survey maps so that hikers and orienteers can adjust their compasses after magentic North shifted east of grid North for the first time since their charts ...

A PAPER by Brigadier M. N. MacLeod, Director General of the Ordnance Survey, on “A Grid System for the Maps of Great Britain” was read at a recent meeting of the Royal Geographical Society. Brigadier ...