Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency
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Welcome
As the central government department that maps England, Scotland and Wales, we have built close relationships with local government organisations over many years.
Thanks to the Mapping Services Agreement (MSA), over 500 local government organisations are able to use our geographical information. It can help you in the following ways:
Forthcoming events
We attend a range of local government-related events as well as organising a programme of seminars for Authority Liaison Officers.
Allied Integrated Technologies workshops
Various dates during the autumn
The workshops will show delegates how to prepare Ordnance Survey data using AutoCAD Map 3D, carry out image manipulation and utilise Ordnance Survey data in the field.
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 MSA.
Ordnance Survey matters – summer edition
Our latest newsletter for ALOs is now online.
Cardiff Council powers education services with geographic information
Cardiff Council is using detailed and intelligent mapping data to help improve the management of education services and school transport for all of the city’s learners.
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.
OS MasterMap now at every local authority in Scotland and Wales
All of Scotland and Wales' 54 local authorities have now taken up the world’s most detailed and intelligent geographic database, Ordnance Survey’s OS MasterMap Topography Layer.
Ordnance Survey drives ahead in demand-responsive transport services
Redditch Borough Council and Hampshire County Council are taking advantage of Ordnance Survey’s most detailed transport information to help them run demand-led community services.