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12 July 2010
OS OpenData is three months old
Since OS OpenData launched on 1 April 2010, there has been a huge range of different uses for the data, from mapping elephants across London to adding road routing information with potential benefits for the emergency services.
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13 July 2010
New website plans London plaque attack
What do Peter Cook and Emperor Napoleon III have in common?
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21 July 2010
Prize fund of £25,000 announced for best geography ideas
GeoVation, the geography innovation awards programme now in its second year, has announced a prize fund of £25,000 to support the development of winning ideas.
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23 July 2010
Ordnance Survey publishes Annual Report
National mapping agency publishes Annual Report and Accounts for 2009-10.
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