Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency
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Most people automatically associate Ordnance Survey with paper maps. However, the supply of digital mapping data forms the major part of Ordnance Survey’s business. Used within a computer-based Geographic Information System (GIS), the data can be overlaid and integrated with a user’s own information to form a vital location-based information tool.
The following case studies give you a flavour of the wide range of ways in which digital mapping data is used.