The national security and resilience sector covers organisations that safeguard people, infrastructure, and critical services. This includes defence and intelligence agencies, police, fire and rescue, ambulance services, maritime and coastal agency, the Ministry of Justice, and a wide range of private organisations.
These types of organisations rely on Ordnance Survey. As Britain’s national mapping service, OS is the geospatial backbone of national security, providing authoritative geospatial data, expertise, and trusted services across the entire sector. Our data helps these organisations work together, safely and effectively.
Modern security challenges - climate hazards, cyber threats, major incidents - require fast, reliable location intelligence. Geospatial data enables organisations to assess risk, model scenarios, plan resource deployment, and coordinate multiagency response.
That single, authoritative view of location strengthens situational awareness, and speeds up decision making in situations where every second counts.
Through the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA), OS equips thousands of users with premium data, APIs, and expert guidance that enhances accuracy and interoperability, to underpin emergency response and critical planning.
