Central government

Welcome

We have built close relationships with central government departments and agencies over many years.

Thanks to the Pan-government agreement, over 110 central government departments are able to use our geographical information. It can help you in policy areas such as:

Forthcoming events

Thames Gateway

The Thames Gateway Forum event will be held on 26 and 27 November 2008 at the Excel exhibition centre, Docklands London. The exhibition stand will feature the Gateway Navigator, a demo produced to illustrate the amount of development work that has happened since conception of the Gateway and to showcase Ordnance Survey products. The interactive demo will be displayed on 3 or 4 terminals and offer visitors to the stand the opportunity to view their chosen area of interest in the past, present and the future.

Sustainable Communities Summit 2008

Ordnance Survey will be exhibiting on 6 November at Church House Conference Centre, Westminster, London. The event will be an opportunity for Ordnance Survey to demonstrate how Ordnance Survey products can provide detailed mapping and high resolution imagery of development sites and a national address referencing framework that links disparate location related datasets.

ACE 2008

The UK ACE Association Annual Conference will be held on 27 and 28 November at Sunningdale Park, Ascot. The conference titled ‘Delivering in the Public Eye’ is a conference for members of ACE, non members who are eligible to join and senior civil servants.

Ordnance Survey will have an exhibition stand at the event.

Latest news

10% off data under the Public Sector Agreement

Discount now available on a range of our products when licensed directly from us.

Giving third sector organisations access to Ordnance Survey data

Organisations that have been contracted to carry out work on behalf of a government body may, via Contractor Licences, now access Ordnance Survey data under the PGA.

Defra receives support from Ordnance Survey expert

Ordnance Survey’s leading GI strategist is being seconded to Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to help lead the UK’s implementation of the UK Location Strategy (UKLS) and the EU INSPIRE Directive.

Scottish Government to tackle noise pollution with help from Ordnance Survey

Mapping from Ordnance Survey is behind newly published action plans to tackle unwanted noise in Scotland.

Ordnance Survey’s most detailed addressing to underpin Thames regeneration

Ordnance Survey’s most detailed geographic address information, OS MasterMap Address Layer 2, is supporting sustainable development plans for a large part of the Thames Gateway.

Our partners

You will need specialist software, often referred to as a geographical information system (GIS), to gain maximum benefit from our data products. Our partners provide services ranging from licensing off-the-shelf software right through to building you a bespoke solution that embeds our products.

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