All parts of the public sector in Great Britain have free access to a wide range of services from the government-owned mapping agency Ordnance Survey (OS), through the Public Sector Mapping Agreement ...

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 ...

Writing in The Guardian, home of the Free Our Data campaign, Michael Cross reports that the Ordnance Survey has finally agreed to allow nonprofit organisations to display their own data on its maps ...

The mapping data brings together lots of sources of information about locations A mapping tool that gives a detailed picture of local information in almost every corner of Great Britain has been ...

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 ...

The printed map is the centre of attention right now. Last week was, according to the Ordnance Survey, National Map Reading Week. And next week, a blockbuster exhibition opens at the British Library – ...

Maps have been created since ancient times but often left much to be desired in terms of scale and accuracy. And if you're planning a military campaign, scale and accuracy could make the difference ...

Britain’s national mapping service, to deliver a major UX design project focussing on improving how business and public ...

Beddgelert Community Council will discuss the issue at a meeting on 27 June Inaccuracies and errors relating to Welsh names on online maps have left one historian "incensed". Nia Powell has called for ...