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07 June 2010
Free geographic data helps reveal Great Britain’s “fraud landscape”
Financial services companies can now access a wide range of Ordnance Survey mapping data for free to help identify patterns in fraud and aid intelligent decision making.
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09 June 2010
Six Peaks challenge for OS OpenSpace
Ordnance Survey data is being used to show the progress of teams taking part in this year’s WaterAid 6 Peaks Challenge.
For the first time, family, friends and supporters will be able to track the progress of the teams on Ordnance Survey’s highly detailed mapping and to see how they are progressing over the weekend, making sure that they are safe and well throughout the challenge.
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10 June 2010
OS OpenSpace helps save lives
Ordnance Survey data is being used to help save lives and promote better driving by an award winning website for Cheshire.
Cheshire Safer Roads Partnership (CSRP) was awarded runner up in the Ordnance Survey GIS User of the Year 2010 for its use of OS OpenSpace on its website displaying locations of safety cameras and road collisions.
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16 June 2010
Ordnance Survey announces GeoVation for 2010
Ordnance Survey is to launch this year’s GeoVation Challenge today (Wednesday 16 June) at a government science and innovation event in London.
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30 June 2010
Ordnance Survey presents award for “Better Mapping”
The Highland Council’s OS MasterMap-based map showing Inverness city’s main developments in 2010 won Ordnance Survey’s “Better Mapping” award at the British Cartographic Society (BCS) Symposium this June.
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