For much of its 233-year history, the Ordnance Survey has been synonymous with detailed maps of the British countryside, beloved by ramblers and orienteers. But the UK’s national mapping agency ...

When Nick’s claims were put to them, OS undertook some ‘map sleuthing’ on the route of the Abbot’s Way. A spokesman said the ...

Now its maps are available on the web, Jonathan Brown plots a path through the history of the Ordnance Survey ...

OS was formed in 1791 to help protect Britain from the threat imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte by mapping the coastline and soon grew to become a mapping company. Today, according to OS, mapping only ...

OS maps show physical and human features as symbols. This makes the maps easier to read. Each OS map has a key to show what the symbols mean. Large-scale maps - 1:1,250, 1:2,500 and 1:10,000 ...

Ordnance Survey has undergone its biggest shake-up in its 260-year history as digital versions of its maps have been made available to download for free. UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...

Following a closed alpha launch on 14 December, Ordnance Survey has completed testing of its OS OpenSpace API. It is now available for developers to mash up their own applications using the UK ...

Ordnance Survey, the UK's official map maker, is seeking a tech supplier to help it obtain and manage data from utilities companies for a project that aims to avoid damage to subterranean ...

Ordnance Survey mash-up takes on Google Maps Written by Andy McCue, Contributor Nov. 2, 2006 at 3:20 a.m. PT The Ordnance Survey (OS) is opening up some of its secret code to allow software ...

The name 'Ordnance Survey' was around at the time — and was written on a document at the time — but the maps were not yet generally referred to by the name by which would become famous. In 1805, the ...

In 1919 he hired Ellis Martin as the Ordnance Survey’s first full-time cover artist and tasked him with selling the “one-inch” (to the mile) maps to the Great British public, so launching ...