Every country is at a different stage of their approach to managing geospatial information. ‘Geospatial readiness’ is used to describe the level of sophistication a country has in its ability to collect, manage, and exploit geospatial information to benefit its nation. A geospatial readiness assessment can help organisations understand how capable their geospatial capabilities are.
Geospatial data readiness assessment service
Make the most of your geospatial capability with an assessment from Ordnance Survey
What is geospatial readiness?
How important is it?
High-quality geospatial data powers effective decision-making and effective policymaking.
It supports sustainable growth and can deliver real benefits to nations. It’s essential a country can accurately locate assets and resources, and know how they’re being used across different services. You need to objectively assess a country’s geospatial capabilities: how prepared it is, and how prepared it needs to become.
How geospatially ready is my nation?
Your assessment will show how geospatially ready you are in these areas:
Collecting and managing data
Data quality and governance
Product and service development
Corporate governance
Stakeholder engagement
Geospatial technologies
What types of assessment are available?
Ordnance Survey provides customised geospatial readiness assessments, developing these into practical roadmaps you can use to plot the future geospatial success of your organisation. Each client is different and we tailor our services to your needs.
There are three types:
Geospatial Readiness Essential: A short assessment based on a standard set of questions that provides you with a basic understanding of your geospatial readiness.
Geospatial Readiness Review: We will spend a day within your organisation using our geospatial readiness model to review operational and geospatial capabilities through a series of structured interviews with key personnel.
Geospatial Readiness Roadmap: This premium service focuses on your organisation and its environment, stakeholders, customers and communities. We will work with you over an extended timeframe to review your organisational processes and procedures.
How is OS helping to improve International geospatial readiness?
OS is guiding geospatial capabilities around the world. Explore our case studies to see how we are improving geospatial readiness across the globe.
Safeguarding Abu Dhabi’s environment
For global sustainability we need comprehensive, consistent and accessible information about the environment where we live.
Informing development through new AI land mapping
One year after introducing an innovative AI-capable base map to the Zambian Government, we explore the positive changes we've inspired.
Assessing geospatial readiness in Oman
Ordnance Survey worked with NSA in Oman to identify areas where policy, process and standards could be developed or created.
