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Contracts for supplying a range of geographic information to central government for the next four years have been awarded to Ordnance Survey and its business partner, Landmark.

Aerial imagery helps keep energy supplier in the picture

Being able to plug something in and expecting it to work is a part of our lives we all take for granted, but ensuring that our homes and offices have a reliable supply of electricity actually takes a huge amount of work.

Birthday marks successful two years for OS MasterMap Address Layer 2

More than 21,000 users across industry, commerce and the public sector are benefiting from the most accurate link between every British property address and its location “on the map”.

Ordnance Survey offers water companies a route to better customer service

Research with water utility records has signaled the potential of Ordnance Survey’s most accurate addressing data to improve the links between customer and asset management.

Mapping the way to joined-up street works

Utility companies and local authorities, equipped with Ordnance Survey’s most detailed mapping data, are transforming the management and coordination of street works in England.

Picture perfect – latest figures show Ordnance Survey has it covered

Ordnance Survey announces a significant update to its flagship aerial photography product, OS MasterMap Imagery Layer, ensuring that it remains a market-leading proposition for aerial imagery in Great Britain.

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.

Articles

Buried services - building a common vision (September 2006) Many highways and utilities are seeking a common framework to managed buried services

Integrated street works: no longer a pipe dream (September 2006) With pinpoint accuracy we can achieve coordinated street works

Digital height data receives added Profile (pdf 290kb) (June 2005)
Utility companies will be among the key users of Ordnance Survey's enhanced digital height data released this month.
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