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18 November 2008
Council wins Ordnance Survey innovation award
Sandwell Borough Council has scooped the Ordnance Survey award for most innovative use of geographic information.
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13 November 2008
Ordnance Survey offers support to "innovative" community websites
A government-led competition to find ground-breaking ideas for the sharing of public information is getting a boost from Britain’s national mapping agency.
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13 November 2008
The house that maps built
London-based architects, Amenity Space, have received international praise for their unique recycled building blocks made entirely out of disused maps.
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13 November 2008
Call for speakers at Location 09
Ordnance Survey is inviting experts to speak at its annual Partner Conference – Location 09.
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07 November 2008
Santa’s Christmas delivery route is all mapped out
Santa has a helping hand up his sleeve for this year’s Christmas deliveries. He’s discovered Ordnance Survey’s online service where customers can order individually printed leisure maps centred on anywhere in Britain – even their own home.
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07 November 2008
New Head of Corporate Communications for Ordnance Survey
Great Britain’s national mapping agency has appointed Rob Andrews as new Head of Corporate Communications.
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29 October 2008
Schoolkids get back to nature with Ray Mears and Ordnance Survey
A dozen lucky schoolchildren from across the country have spent the day learning bushcraft skills with Ray Mears – courtesy of Ordnance Survey.
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21 October 2008
Transport study proves quality matters when it comes to road routing
Businesses are losing out on millions in savings by not using the best quality mapping data in their route management systems, according to independent research by Frost & Sullivan.
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16 October 2008
Ordnance Survey pens deal with Leica Geosystems for OS Net upgrade
Leica Geosystems is to upgrade Ordnance Survey’s nationwide network of satellite receiver stations, it is announced today.
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16 October 2008
Europe's top geographic experts meet in Cardiff
Specialists in geographic data from across Europe are meeting in Cardiff this week to discuss its applied research programme.
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02 October 2008
Schoolchildren have success all mapped out
Ordnance Survey is giving away ‘Free-Maps-for-11-year-olds’ to encourage children to get out and discover the world around them, Ordnance Survey Minister Iain Wright announced today.
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26 September 2008
Ordnance Survey promotes third sector use of geographic information
Ordnance Survey is launching a campaign to raise awareness among third sector organisations of their ability to gain access to mapping data as contractors to government.
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