Ordnance Survey – Great Britain's national mapping agency
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Showing due diligence in property transactions
GroundSure is using OS MasterMap to making all that information available to our customers in an accurate, reliable and cost-effective way.
Identifying routes to school
Daventry District Council is helping primary schools identify the most actively used routes for travelling to school. Pupils draw their route onto a map which is then digitised into MapInfo using OS MasterMap Topography and ITN Layers.
Smarter Pupil to School Transport
East Riding of Yorkshire have achieved annual savings of £160 000 by carrying out a route optimisation trial.
Optimising Waste Management Collection
Daventry District Council has generated efficiency savings of over £100 000 per annum.
London Fire Brigade
London Fire Brigade have implemented a corporate desktop and intranet GIS using OS MasterMap, in particular the Topography and ITN Layers. Information is gathered, analysed and presented on maps which are available across the organisation. Making the information easy and quick to understand.
Amatics®
Amatics is a telematics service provider in the vehicle-fleet tracking market. Working with Mapflow®, who provide their mapping services, and using a range of Ordnance Survey data has enabled their customers to gain benefits in operational fleet size, fuel savings and number of spot hire vehicles. National Grid Gas plc has saved the five-year cost of their system in the first year of operation.
Exactrak®
Exactrak provides its customers with real time vehicle tracking and activity reports, including timely exception reports, to improve the operational efficiency of vehicle fleets and help defend against insurance claims. This is achieved using a portfolio of Ordnance Survey mapping, including the OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Network™ (ITN) layer.
Mobisoft
Mobisoft is using the ITN Layer in their MobiRouter application, which has enabled customers to generate automatic routes and generate pick-up lists direct to drivers. At Redditch Borough Council customer service has improved, fuel consumption reduced by 5%, saving £5 000 a year, and fare income increased by 25%.
Creating the Oxfordshire Street Gazetteer using the Digital National Framework
Oxfordshire County Council converted its component of the National Street Gazetteer to the Integrated Transport Network using the principles defined in the Digital National Framework.
Terrafix
Helping ambulances services to meet Department of Health key standards for ambulance response times.
Transport Direct
Transport Direct is the first ever web portal giving instant access to comprehensive journey information by both public and private transport across Great Britain. The portal reflects the Department of Transport vision of a secure, reliable integrated transport system that meets the needs of individual travellers while safeguarding the environment. It is also a key part of government policy of providing electronic delivery of public services.
Oxfordshire County Council
Oxfordshire is a prosperous county served by good transport facilities, but with the fast pace of economic development it has seen higher-than-average traffic growth. Non-motorway traffic is growing by nearly 2% per year compared to 1% across the UK, while motorway traffic is increasing by nearly 6% as against 4% elsewhere. The trend is set to continue in line with projected population increases.
Managing the Risk from Fire
Each fire authority in England and Wales has been asked to produce an Integrated Risk Management Plan. To achieve this, a new process for planning Fire Service Emergency Cover has been developed. OS MasterMap Integrated Transport NetworkTM is being used to calculate the time that each vehicle would take to arrive at any census output area.
Creating Ordnance Survey's Integrated Transport Network using the Digital National Framework
How DNF principles were used to support the creation of the ITN Layer.
Adding value to the Isle of Wight Street Gazetteer using the Digital National Framework
Isle of Wight Council has successfully migrated their street gazetteer using DNF principles. The ITN Layer is now the base upon which each highway is modelled and to which it is cross-referenced .