Case studies

Using OS road data and speed data from Basemap, we gave NHS England more accurate journey times from population centres to proposed vaccination sites.

How location data saves both time and money for the National Library of Scotland

How location is joining up valuable information across Scotland to provide better analysis

Using Ordnance Survey’s Street View product, NHS in Birmingham has pin pointed fast food joints near schools to cut on obesity rising rates.

Ash Parish Council signed up for the Public Sector Mapping agreement to access geographic data to help oversee all their assets.

Beacon Dodsworth used Ordnance Survey data to create a mapping tool for Transport Focus to help assess user satisfaction across the Strategic Road Network

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).

This case study looks at how support and data from OS helped to reduce crime, support local authorities and create much safer, more connected, smart cities in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester.

Wiltshire have combined local knowledge with Ordnance Survey mapping to analyse local flood impacts and risks in Dauntsey Parish.

Using Ordnance survey solutions including Mastermaps, Maritime and Coastguard Agency are able to pinpoint exact incident locations.

Detailed routes for fleets of vehicles can be created at the touch of a button with Map-a-Route dynamic routing software from Exactrak

How OS used different datasets to find the right spaces for a mobile blood-testing unit

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.

Ordnance Survey (OS) provided geospatial information and intelligence to meet the needs of the 2012 Olympics.

Ordnance Survey data provided critical evidence leading to Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group keeping stroke services at two hospitals.

By automating their Local Land Charges search process using GIS, Teignbridge district council were able to cut costs by £60,000.

Ordnance Survey’s detailed MasterMap has been used to help keep London’s busy transport network moving.

Delivering estimated savings of around £1 million, Northumbrian Water and Ordnance Survey (OS) created the first Underground Infrastructure Hub for the North East.

Using OS data, the Moors for the Future Partnership created a land cover map which gave vital information to safeguard moorland life.

Helping Scotland meet ambitious renewable energy targets with OS MasterMap data.