Case studies

Newark and Sherwood District Council has used OS data to enable confident decision-making for public benefit.

Three Rivers District Council is on a mission to protect and enhance the local nature reserve – Rickmansworth Aquadrome. The nature reserve includes two large lakes, woodland, and open grassland, and is home to a wide range of wildlife.

The council’s priorities for the project...

NHS England recognises that collecting prescriptions from pharmacies can be a challenge for some patients.

The importance of access to green outdoor spaces in relation to health and wellbeing is clear. However, deprived areas are less likely to have access to green space and gardens.

In 2021 the Government allocated £9 million of funding to a ‘Levelling Up Parks Fund’ to help...

Researchers at the Clinical Effectiveness Group, at Queen Mary University of London, are linking de-identified (or pseudonymised) data on 'people' and 'places,' to inform powerful health research and better location-based care.

Ordnance Survey and DHSC worked together to develop a tool to calculate the distance from care homes to population centres, using open-source coding tools.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is working with OS to keep firefighters safe when attending emergency incidents. Their Operational Intelligence system gives teams risk information and mapping for the whole of Scotland at their fingertips, wherever they are, via new cutting edge detachable ta...

From fundraising for more greenspace, to underpinning neighbourhood planning, to creating a public art trail, Histon and Impington Parish Council show how councils can make the most of OS mapping.

Supplied under the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA), councils across Great Britain c...

By helping the NHS develop and improve local health infrastructure in line with population changes, The NHS London Healthy Urban Development Unit (NHS HUDU) maximises the opportunities that come from aligning housing development planning and health programmes in London – to narrow...