Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency
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Video
Walking with Ordnance Survey maps
Ordnance Survey’s range of leisure maps are synonymous with outdoor exploration. Learn more about the role Ordnance Survey maps play in outdoor exploration and the importance of map reading by watching this short film.
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Collecting mapping data in the field
Ordnance Survey’s team of 300 highly trained surveyors are located across Great Britain. They collect the changes that occur to the built and natural landscape on a daily basis. Learn more about their role here.
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Satellite navigation and Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey provides the underlying road network data to the sat nav industry. The market leading sat navs that you use in your car rely on Ordnance Survey’s mapping of the nation’s road infrastructure - find out how here.
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Printing Ordnance Survey maps
Thousands of Ordnance Survey maps are printed, stacked, folded and glued every single day, ready to be shipped out across the country. Watch the printing presses and experts at work here.
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Using Ordnance Survey maps
Ordnance Survey maps can be used in a variety of ways. From the traditional paper maps you can buy in the shops to sophisticated digital mapping. This short video gives you a taste of the different options available.
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Digital Geographic Information
Ordnance Survey’s intelligent digital data underpins some £100 billion of the nation’s GDP and is relied on by all of us. Learn more about Ordnance Survey's digital mapping here.
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Your practical guide to easy map reading
A video guide to planning a day out and making the most of Ordnance Survey maps. Experienced outdoor experts, Chris Butler and Cathy Ward, offer some great tips on map reading and outdoor navigation while in the New Forest National Park.
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Ordnance Survey's new Head Office
Download this video showing how Ordnance Survey's planned new Head Office will look.
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Podcasts 
How to read an Ordnance Survey map
Have fun with maps. Let Ordnance Survey help you get around with some brilliant, practical tips for easy map reading. Whether you are a casual walker or a more serious outdoor enthusiast, Ordnance Survey maps are a passport to navigating our fabulous landscape.
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The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show 2008
Have you ever wanted learn to dive, scale a wall of ice, learn survival skills and meet celebrity guests like Bear Grylls? All this and much more is at the Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show 2008.
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Outdoor exploration portal - explore
This podcast explains how Ordnance Survey is offering everyone the chance to share their favourite routes, pictures and stories with the rest of the world.
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OS MasterMap Address Layer 2
Cara Reed, Ordnance Survey’s senior product manager for addressing data, talks to Scott Sinclair about how the national mapping agency collects and represents addressing information.
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OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Network Layer
Gavin Jackman talks to Scott Sinclair about how Ordnance Survey’s road network data underpins a huge range of industries, from the utilities companies, to supermarket delivery services and sat nav.
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