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As part of our Developer blog series, we explore data visualisation. This term refers to the representation of information or data in a visual format.

Data Management Specialist Nicole Frith takes a closer look at the ’Our Data Is Authoritative‘ principle and what this means for OS and our customers.

Spatial data is information about where observations are in relation to each other.

Craig Wing, Data Management Specialist for Ordnance Survey, provides an overview of the recent data release for the ‘Building feature type’ in the OS NGD.

OS has included data on the number of floors in buildings, the 'numberoffloors' attribute, in the latest release of the OS National Geographic Database (NGD).

Improvement Service (IS) in Scotland, supported by Ordnance Survey, has launched open access to their Spatial Hub, a local government data resource covering the whole of Scotland.

A new geospatial module from OS was delivered to the first cohort of graduates enrolled on the Public Sector Data Science Graduate Programme.

Location data is key to confidently valuing properties, identifying opportunities with trustworthy advice, and embracing sustainability.

Market research suggests the supply-side UK geospatial data market was worth £2.1 billion at the end of 2019.