Case studies

The Brazilian Army used improved map generalisation to prepare for the 2016 Olympics.

Ordnance Survey provided expertise to help Kartverket integrate its land and sea divisions and increase uptake of mapping data.

Ordnance Survey (OS) created the first 3D-enabled national spatial data model for the Kingdom of Bahrain with the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) mapping authority.

Providing a single source of accurate, reliable environmental information for Abu Dhabi’s decision makers.

Ordnance Survey undertook a Geospatial Maturity Assessment to identify the next steps that Dubai Municipality needed to take to support the government’s pursuit of citizen happiness.

The National Forest Company is creating a new wooded landscape across 200 square miles in central England using GIS application.

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) works with Ordnance Survey to make sure the UK has secure, clean, affordable energy supplies.

A transformation engine for IFC-BIM models into semantically enriched 3D CityGML building models, both exterior and interior.

Geovation was set up in 2009 by Ordnance Survey to support new businesses providing solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges using geospatial data, with approaches that hadn’t been explored before.

Rwanda Natural Resources Authority (RNRA) has a national-level responsibility to provide geospatial information including topographic, thematic and geological maps.

Ordnance Survey helped develop a strategy to create smart solutions using geospatial information and technologies.

Mapping website makes traffic data more accessible thanks to Ordnance Survey.

Ordnance Survey created a topographic base map of Malta which will underpin a new national data model

OS and GeoPlace have been working on organising spatial data across territories to facilitate the seamless exchange, standardisation and currency of the data is the goal of the Transport Network-Intelligent Transport Systems project (TN-ITS GO).

How location helps mitigate flood risk

Using data provided under the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA), OS supplied a tabular, spatially-derived dataset that allowed Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to estimate coverage statistics on a national and local scale.

This case study outlines how HMRC has used Ordnance Survey (OS) data to increase the take-up of tax credits so that disabled workers, people on low incomes, or those responsible for children, receive the benefits they deserve.