http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/media/news/ Visit Ordnance Survey for up-to-the-minute news. en-gb Fri, 11 May 2012 15:24:50 GMT Copyright: (C) Ordnance Survey, see http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/site/legal/ for terms and conditions of reuse http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The national mapping agency of Great Britain is extending its range of all-weather, plastic coated maps following high demand from consumers and trade. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/05/ordnance-survey-extends-its-range-of-weatherproof-maps.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/05/ordnance-survey-extends-its-range-of-weatherproof-maps.html Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/04/ordnance-survey-staff-raise-enough-for-new-marie-curie-nurse.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/04/ordnance-survey-staff-raise-enough-for-new-marie-curie-nurse.html Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/04/everything-happens-somewhere-location-2012-opens-for-registrations.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/04/everything-happens-somewhere-location-2012-opens-for-registrations.html Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/04/3d-collaboration-to-support-newcastle-solar-city-project.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/04/3d-collaboration-to-support-newcastle-solar-city-project.html Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT News Geographic information (GI) experts across the globe are being given an exciting opportunity to gain recognition from Ordnance Survey under a new accreditation scheme. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/ordnance-survey-launches-new-accreditation-programme.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/ordnance-survey-launches-new-accreditation-programme.html Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/avoid-life-on-the-edge-with-custom-made-maps.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/avoid-life-on-the-edge-with-custom-made-maps.html Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/geovation-tackles-coastal-challenge.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/geovation-tackles-coastal-challenge.html Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/hrh-princess-royal-visits-osmington-white-horse.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/hrh-princess-royal-visits-osmington-white-horse.html Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/ordnance-survey-holds-free-open-data-masterclasses.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/03/ordnance-survey-holds-free-open-data-masterclasses.html Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/02/ordnance-survey-maps-the-skies-from-east-midlands-airport.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/02/ordnance-survey-maps-the-skies-from-east-midlands-airport.html Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/02/ordnance-survey-launches-neighbourhood-challenge.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/02/ordnance-survey-launches-neighbourhood-challenge.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT News Map owners no longer face a ‘life on the edge’ thanks to a new range of customisable paper maps from Ordnance Survey. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/02/custom-made-maps-launched-by-ordnance-survey.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/02/custom-made-maps-launched-by-ordnance-survey.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/02/2000th-member-signs-up-for-psma.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/02/2000th-member-signs-up-for-psma.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT News 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. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/01/geoplace-wins-at-public-sector-digital-awards.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2012/01/geoplace-wins-at-public-sector-digital-awards.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT News South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue (SYFR) has become the first public sector customer of a ground-breaking new ‘on-demand’ service from Ordnance Survey. The OS OnDemand Web Map Tile Service (WMTS-like) will enable SYFR to utilise a single web based view of their geographic location data across a range of systems and platforms from fire incident data to the location of fire hydrants to improve the accessibility of its operational information. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/12/south-yorkshire-fire-and-rescue-demands-the-best.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/12/south-yorkshire-fire-and-rescue-demands-the-best.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT News A new Cabinet Office guide encourages the ‘responder’ community to adopt the use of digital mapping and GIS mapping systems as an effective tool in contingency planning. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/11/digimap-for-schools-celebrates-first-anniversary.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/11/digimap-for-schools-celebrates-first-anniversary.html Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT News A new Cabinet Office guide encourages the ‘responder’ community to adopt the use of digital mapping and GIS mapping systems as an effective tool in contingency planning. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/11/supporting-contingency-planning-with-os-mapping.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/11/supporting-contingency-planning-with-os-mapping.html Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT News On 3 November 2011 GeoPlace LLP announced the winners of the 2011 National Gazetteers Exemplar Awards. The awards recognise the outstanding achievements of local authorities, local partnerships, police forces and fire and rescue services, in the creation, maintenance and utilisation of the National Gazetteers. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/11/national-gazetteer-exemplar-award-winners-announced.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/11/national-gazetteer-exemplar-award-winners-announced.html Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT News From today, Ordnance Survey staff across the country will be using the social networking site Twitter to provide live updates as they map the ever changing Great British landscape. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/10/tweeting-the-changing-face-of-britain.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/10/tweeting-the-changing-face-of-britain.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:00:00 GMT News Yesterday, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh officially opened Ordnance Survey's new head office in Southampton. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/10/duke-opens-new-ordnance-survey-building.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/2011/10/duke-opens-new-ordnance-survey-building.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:00:00 GMT News