December

Start the year with Ordnance Survey - many people start the New Year by making New Year’s resolutions around getting outdoors and being more active, but fail to stick to them. Ordnance Survey is at hand to help you succeed.

New product updates, styles and formats for OS OpenData - Ordnance Survey’s free data portal, OS OpenData, is being upgraded to make it even easier for developers and entrepreneurs to create and customise maps.

Christmas gifts for map lovers -with the season of goodwill just around the corner, many of us are thinking about what our nearest and dearest would most like to find in their Christmas stocking. Ordnance Survey has a range of maps and vouchers on offer which are ideal for the map lover in your life.

November

Ordnance Survey and Wessex Heartbeat provides healthy heart initiative for staff -national mapping agency Ordnance Survey has teamed up with the Wessex Heartbeat charity to bring health and wellbeing initiative ‘Your Healthy Heart’ to its staff and emphasise the value of walking as a part of having a healthy life.

Ordnance Survey’s new picture perfect maps - have you ever wanted your face on the cover of an Ordnance Survey map? A new development for the popular Ordnance Survey custom made maps now allows customers to add their favourite image to the front cover of their personalised map.

Ordnance Survey staff get baking for the Red and White Appeal - the passion for baking that has swept the nation in the last few years has led to a delicious day at Ordnance Survey recently. Inspired by the Great British Bake Off on BBC2, staff got out their mixing bowls and produced endless goodies.

Geographic data leads the way to better healthcare – 2500 organisations signed up to PSMA - more NHS organisations than ever before are using innovative mapping technologies to help improve local health services.

Ordnance Survey welcomes new Director of Finance and Corporate Services - Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for Great Britain, is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Director of Finance and Corporate Services, Ian Nunn.

Ordnance Survey wins prestigious national award for Agile working - Britain’s national mapping agency won the award for Best Use of Agile in the public sector at the 2012 UK Agile Awards, held at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London, presented by Yoh.

New dates for Ordnance Survey’s free open data masterclasses - people across Great Britain are being given the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of open data and the tools and techniques to use open datasets, through a series of free masterclasses hosted by Ordnance Survey. 

October 

Licensed mapping – vital to keep up with changing face of Britain - land and property professionals reminded to ensure they are using correctly licensed mapping data. 

September

Key transport players set to meet to break down the barriers of innovation - leaders and pioneers in transport innovation are set to come together to look at new and improved shared working practices. 

August

OS OpenSpace is putting medal winners on the map - Ordnance Survey data is being used to celebrate the success of Great Britain’s medal-winning athletes this summer.

Ordnance Survey talks about the importance of Location - Ordnance Survey is holding a networking event in ‘Tech City’ to showcase entrepreneurs and new start-up businesses that are making the best use of location technology.

Ordnance Survey rises to the challenge for Red and White Appeal - Ordnance Survey are pleased to announce that they have raised £1500 for Southampton-based charity The Red and White Appeal. This means the charity will be able to purchase the first of six infusion pumps which Ordnance Survey hopes to provide for Southampton General Hospital over the coming year.

July

Ordnance Survey provides expertise internationally - Ordnance Survey is launching a new international service to help other countries around the world un-tap the multi-million pound potential of accurate geographic information (GI).

Wales Coast Path set for a boost as entrepreneurs get to work - five groups of entrepreneurs from across Wales and the wider UK have been given the funding to turn their visions for the Wales Coast Path into a reality.

Entrepreneurs bid to boost communities, visitors and sustainable economy on the new Wales Coast Path - budding entrepreneurs across Great Britain are bidding for a share of £125,000 funding to turn their ideas on how Wales could make the most of its new coast path, into a reality.

Ordnance Survey picks new Southampton charity - a Southampton life-saving charity is to benefit from the fundraising power of Great Britain’s national mapping agency.

June

Collecting names from coast to coast - national mapping agency, Ordnance Survey and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are collaborating on a vernacular geography project, collecting local place names used by people to improve emergency responses.

GeoVation winners to tackle Britain’s neighbourhoods - new apps and tools aimed at transforming Britain’s neighbourhoods to be launched with funding from Ordnance Survey.

Cabinet Office calls for more data standardisation in move to individual electoral registration - Ordnance Survey and GeoPlace have welcomed the Cabinet Office’s call for greater use of Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) across the public sector, to support the move towards individual electoral registration (IER).

May

Ordnance Survey’s new head office wins Sustainable Achievement Award - a Government organisation’s headquarters has scooped a prestigious national development award.

Scottish addresses added to AddressBase Products - Ordnance Survey is pleased to announce the inclusion of over 3 million Scottish addresses in the AddressBase suite of products.

Finalists announced for Ordnance Survey’s GeoVation Challenge - budding entrepreneurs across Great Britain could see their ideas turned into a reality when they go before an Ordnance Survey Dragon’s Den.

Ordnance Survey extends its range of weatherproof maps - the national mapping agency of Great Britain is extending its range of all-weather, plastic coated maps following high demand from consumers and trade.

April

Ordnance Survey staff raise enough for a new Marie Curie nurse - Ordnance Survey staff have been selling doughnuts, planting bulbs and even swapping clothes in a £20,000 fundraising effort for Marie Curie Cancer Care in Southampton.

Everything happens somewhere - Location 2012 conference opens for registrations - IT and business-people looking to grow their businesses have been challenged to bring their imagination to an event focusing on providing services and making a profit from location data and mapping.

3D collaboration to support Newcastle’s solar city project - Ordnance Survey has teamed up with Newcastle City Council to demonstrate how 3D mapping can help make Newcastle one of the most sustainable cities in Europe. 

March

Avoid a ‘life on the edge’ with new custom-made maps from Ordnance Survey - map owners no longer face a ‘life on the edge’ thanks to a new range of customisable paper maps from Ordnance Survey. A new service from the national mapping agency allows home-owners to centre a map on their individual home, making it a great talking point or ideal gift.

GeoVation tackles a coastal challenge - Ordnance Survey is to launch the second GeoVation Challenge of the year focusing on the Wales Coast Path. As the first ever ‘total’ coastal path nears completion and gets ready for the official opening in May, the GeoVation Challenge has crossed the Seven Bridge to encourage the public, businesses, charities, groups, schools and universities to submit innovative ideas of how Wales can make the most of it.

HRH The Princess Royal visit to the newly-restored Osmington White Horse - Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal visited the newly-restored Osmington White Horse near Weymouth to celebrate the monument 204 years after its creation to honour King George III – her great, great, great, great grandfather yesterday.

Ordnance Survey holds free open data masterclasses - people across Great Britain are being given the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of open data, and the tools and techniques to use open datasets, through a series of free masterclasses hosted by Ordnance Survey.

February

Ordnance Survey maps the skies from East Midlands Airport - Great Britain’s national mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, is pleased to announce that its Flying Unit will be based at East Midlands Airport with two aircraft which will fly the length and breadth of Great Britain to capture aerial photography.  

Ordnance Survey launches neighbourhood innovation challenge  - budding innovators and entrepreneurs are being asked to contribute ideas that could improve neighbourhoods and communities across Britain, with a £115 000 prize fund available to help develop the best entries.

Avoid a ‘life on the edge’ with new custom-made maps - map owners no longer face a ‘life on the edge’ thanks to a new range of customisable paper maps from Ordnance Survey.

2000th public sector organisation signs up for geographic data sharing - Ordnance Survey today celebrates an important milestone as the 2000th member joins the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) just nine months after it was launched.

January

GeoPlace wins Best Project Delivery at UK Public Sector Digital Awards - GeoPlace is honoured to be one of two winners of the Best Project Delivery category at the 2011 UK Public Sector Digital Awards for the development and delivery of the National Address Gazetteer Database. GeoPlace was presented the award alongside Surrey County Council for their separate e-safeguarding project.