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Why walkers are ditching paper Ordnance Survey maps
The Ordnance Survey’s revenues from its OS Maps app rose by 13pc to £9.5m in the year to April, according to the service’s annual report. By contrast, sales of its paper maps fell by 5pc to ...
Plan to lay off 95 staff at mapping service Ordnance Survey ‘makes no sense’
The data Ordnance Survey provides is essential when new homes and infrastructure are being built so it makes no sense to make ...
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How to read Ordnance Survey maps
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: ...
Union says plans to make 95 staff at mapping service Ordnance Survey redundant 'makes no sense'
Prospect's negotiations officer Nick Radiven lambasted the 95 redundancies, stating: "The data Ordnance Survey provides is ...
Ordnance Survey job cuts in Southampton as workers put at risk
Nearly 100 jobs will be axed at Ordnance Survey, the Daily Echo can reveal. The Southampton-based mapping agency currently employees 1,400 people, but hundreds of staff were told on Tuesday that their ...