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13 December 2007
Ordnance Survey opens source code to web 2.0 applications
Web developers are this week previewing a free online platform to help them experiment with some of the world’s most advanced geographic information.
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12 December 2007
Ordnance Survey Podcast - explore
Bridget Kendrick, head of the team behind Ordnance Survey's online outdoor exploration portal - explore, talks to Paul Beauchamp about the site and how it can help people get out and about this Christmas.
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11 December 2007
Ordnance Survey to help hauliers turn the corner on road routing
Ordnance Survey today announces plans designed to help keep heavy goods vehicles (HGV) on the appropriate roads in support of citizens, hauliers and local authorities across Great Britain.
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06 December 2007
Ordnance Survey offers weatherproof passport to town and country this Christmas
Ordnance Survey is offering a passport to town and country – no matter how bad the weather this festive season – with a weatherproof series of its most distinctive series of maps.