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Ordnance Survey has appointed John Kimmance as Managing Director of the National Mapping Services business unit.

Ordnance Survey (OS) has launched a new geospatial data platform to transform the way people access and innovate with location data.

HM Land Registry (HMLR) and Registers of Scotland (RoS) are set to share their coveted INSPIRE spatial polygon datasets under new, less restricted terms from 1 July 2020.

The UN Statistics Division and Ordnance Survey invite you to join a series of three online high-level forum events.

The first collective geospatial agreement for Great Britain allowing the public sector from England, Wales and Scotland to access Ordnance Survey (OS) geospatial data and expertise has been achieved.

Ordnance Survey has appointed a new MD to drive its commercial strategy in both the UK and international markets.

Great Britain’s mapping agency held more than 90 fundraising events to raise vital funds for the local charity's emergency and trauma unit appeal.

Six start-ups using location, land and property data in their products and services have been accepted onto the Geovation Accelerator Programme.

Geography pupils’ education during the coronavirus crisis has been given a huge boost.

A new Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) is set to benefit the public sector, businesses, developers and academia.

We’re working to support our customers as they respond to Covid-19.

The National Geographic Database of Great Britain, maintained by Ordnance Survey (OS), is one of the largest of its kind in the world and during the past decade, it has grown to contain more than 500 million unique geographic features. Since January 2010, OS has made 360 million updates to the database. Arguably, no one knows Great Britain better than OS.

This year, Ordnance Survey (OS) is selecting its corporate charity slightly differently. As well as asking employees to nominate local charities, it is inviting charities to apply themselves.

Start-ups can today apply to the Geovation Accelerator Programmes and put themselves in line to receive specialist support, business mentorship, office space, funding and access to high quality government data.

As Geovation marks its tenth anniversary, Ordnance Survey (OS) and Registers of Scotland (RoS) are delighted to announce the first group of companies participating in the inaugural Geovation Scotland Accelerator Programme, which launches October 22 and continues through to April 2020.

The new year-long Geovation Benchmark Initiative will link the geospatial community with businesses, public bodies, researchers, media and the public to promote a better, wider understanding of the power and influence of location data.

OS data to help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution as well as help self-driving vehicles navigate.

First exhibition is a modern take on one of the world’s oldest artforms.

Geovation is ready to accept applications to its Accelerator Programme.

Great Britain’s National Mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, and the UK’s government-and industry-backed self-driving hub, Zenzic, lay out the importance of collaborative mapping in the development of self-driving vehicles.