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Ordnance Survey picks out its favourite maps of 2025.

OS takes a moment to celebrate the most innovative and beautifully crafted maps of 2024 that have pushed the boundaries of cartographic design.

OS creates a new map to celebrate the Cairngorms 20th anniversary

Our specialist insight into cartography; what it is, key features and elements, and how you can get started in this centuries-old practice.

Using a postcode lookup tool can be very beneficial in a number of ways. Find out more about Addressbase - our postal address dataset for the UK.

Find out about our products which are vital in supporting the identification of households, key routable networks and understanding a delivery site.

Our GeoDataViz team talk us through their thematic mapping techniques and explain when and how these techniques should be used.

We get asked some curiously specific questions by our Twitter followers here at OS and our Consultation and Technical Services team are up for a challenge.

Our GeoDataViz team worked with Alasdair Rae at the University of Sheffield to explore the largest of Britain’s islands.