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29 March 2007
Local councils drive forward with national road network data
A growing number of local authorities are modelling and cross-referencing vital highway information using Ordnance Survey’s most detailed dataset of Great Britain’s road network.
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27 March 2007
Ordnance Survey helps Southern Water prepare for its most detailed geographic data
Southern Water is now set to use OS MasterMap data following a company-wide upgrade of its location data and geographical information system (GIS).
20 March 2007
Ordnance Survey Integrated Transport Network Podcast
Gavin Jackman talks to Scott Sinclair about how the roads are represented in mapping data in this Ordnance Survey podcast.
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12 March 2007
Ordnance Survey signs contract for head office plan
Ordnance Survey and leading property developer Kier Property have today signed a contract taking forward the national mapping agency’s corporate headquarters project.
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12 March 2007
Bowled over by the nation’s cricketing place names
To celebrate the cricketing carnival now underway in the Caribbean, Ordnance Survey has decided to show its support for the home nations, England and Scotland, with a search of its free online gazetteer for all things leather on willow.
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07 March 2007
Efficiency gains strengthen national road network data
Ordnance Survey today announces the latest quality figures for its most detailed geographic reference base defining Great Britain’s road network.
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