Ordnance Survey (OS) is Great Britain's national mapping agency and a government-owned company. While traditionally focused on terrestrial mapping, OS plays a role in the space industry by collaborating with space companies to improve the accuracy and reliability of satellite navigation and positioning data. This supports safety-critical applications like autonomous driving and drone delivery services, using data from its network of satellite navigation reference stations. OS provides geospatial data and expertise to various sectors, including government, businesses, and consumers.
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Ordnance Survey will utilize its deep know-how and capability in critical location data-driven systems to provide insights and digital solutions.
Ryan Hood emphasized the importance of the work Ordnance Survey is undertaking for improving transport through technology.
Ash Wheeler is the Propositions and Markets Director at Ordnance Survey.
Ordnance Survey has become a corporate member of the U.K.’s Intelligent Transport Systems Industry Association (ITS(UK)).
Ordnance Survey used an advanced automated process with artificial intelligence to generate a new base map across 420 km2 of Lusaka.
MapInfo Pro v2021 connects to the new Ordnance Survey (OS) data APIs to provide MapInfo Pro users with methods of connecting to geospatial data.
The Locus Charter was publicly launched in March 2021 following a multi-year strategic partnership between the American Geographical Society’s EthicalGEO and the Benchmark Initiative hosted at Ordnance Survey’s Geovation.
Ordnance Survey delivered the first year of the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement, which started in April 2020.
Ordnance Survey increased its workforce by 25% with 271 new permanent and fixed-term hires between April 2020 and April 2021.
The strengthened collaboration between 1Spatial and Ordnance Survey builds on a project with the Energy Networks Association to develop an in-depth digital system map of the UK’s energy system.
GroundMapper provides access to more than 300 regularly maintained individual datasets including topographic and thematic mapping from Ordnance Survey, the Environment Agency, and the Forestry Commission.
Landmark Information Group and Ordnance Survey added over 3.5 million Points of Interest features to the national database as part of the Mapping for Emergencies Programme.
1Spatial and Ordnance Survey were awarded a contract to deliver a Proof of Concept for the Energy Networks Association (ENA).
As part of the Geospatial Commission’s Public Sector Geospatial Agreement, over 5,500 public sector organizations will have direct and immediate access to Ordnance Survey’s most detailed location data via a suite of APIs.