Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency
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The wireless market can transform the way people do business, with mobile and fixed broadband connections enabling customers to transfer and receive a mass of information. Ordnance Survey’s geographic data can greatly boost this market, adding valuable context to information disseminated via high-bandwidth wireless connections.
Location Based Services (LBS) is a technology fuelled by introducing geographic information into the wireless market. This enables you to make your services relevant and personal to a customer’s physical location, boosting efficiency by interpreting geographic considerations.
Beyond information delivery, geographic data can greatly assist in the planning and implementation of wireless infrastructure, aiding the roll-out of masts by assessing their physical locations. The level of detail afforded by Ordnance Survey data means projects can be managed remotely, saving time and costs by identifying potential issues at the planning stage.
LBS made simple
LBS offer opportunities in many markets. View this short demo to see the potential of LBS.
Glossary
Don't know your LBS from your GPRS? Don't worry, its all here in our definitive LBS glossary.
GSM digital coverage map
With more than 50 million mobile telephones now in use in the UK, GSM networks are touching all but the remotest parts of the country. Take a look at the impressive coverage now provided by the four main UK network operators here.
Wi-Fi hotspots
With Wi-Fi technology proliferating, and demand for remote access to corporate networks and the the Internet continuing to grow, ISPs are launching public Wi-Fi access points all over the UK. Use this map to help plan your access.
Find a Wi-Fi hotspot near you!
Choose between BT Openzone & T-Mobile Hotspot
LBS explained
Geographic intelligence delivers a new dimension to wireless businesses through LBS. Discover the benefits of using Ordnance Survey data and potential applications that it can underpin, along with interactive demonstrations and glossary to help you cut through the jargon.
News and information
Get the lowdown on developments in the wireless industry in our news and information section. You'll find the latest news, case studies, demonstrations, articles and event information to keep you up to date.
News
Ordnance Survey points to compelling location-based services
Larger, colour screens on mobile devices and faster data rates suggest that now is the time for location based offerings to take off in the UK, according to location data specialists at Ordnance Survey.
Redrawing the Wi-fi map of Britain
Research this year from IDC has indicated that wireless hotspots are set to expand rapidly across the whole of Europe. The analysts predict that there will be some 32,500 wireless hotspots Europe-wide by the end of 2007.
Ordnance Survey gears up for next generation of personal location-based services
Ordnance Survey announces plans to develop the second phase of digital transport geography, to include footpaths and walkways, within OS MasterMap – its latest, highly detailed map data.
Events
Did you attend the Ordnance Survey/Pinpoint Faraday event in November 2004? Read a summary of the day's events
Case studies
It's a developers dream - a compelling and useful application from concept to working pilot in a matter of a few weeks. It seems unlikely - but it’s exactly what Yeoman Mobile Navigation has achieved by using Ordnance Survey data from the highly flexible Integrated Transport NetworkTM (ITN™) Layer of OS MasterMap™ to power a new pilot version of its established TravelM8TM service.
Mapping disabled access across the UK.
LAND location based services for tourism.