Culmore Road passes roads bearing uncommon surnames. Who were Colby, Larcom, Drummond, Petrie, O’Donovan, Portlock, Papworth ...

“We tried to consider how people might be using it to get to places and then where they might visit when they arrive.” Excitingly, the Southern Scotland sheet is the first OS product to feature the ...

Famous for their comprehensive coverage and the extraordinary level of detail they deliver, Ordnance Survey maps have been used by hikers, bikers, boaters, anglers, amblers and outdoor explorers of ...

'I am told there are people who do not care for maps,” Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in 1894. “And I find it hard to believe.” Stevenson’s fascination with charts, surveys and maps led to the creation ...

Geospatial data is hot property, and with more than 200 years of experience, Ordnance Survey (OS) is a world leader in its collection, organisation and dissemination. In combination with other data, ...

For much of its 233-year history, the Ordnance Survey has been synonymous with detailed maps of the British countryside, beloved by ramblers and orienteers. But the UK’s national mapping agency, which ...

Ordnance Survey (OS) was a 50-year-old company when a fire swept through its first headquarters at the Tower of London in 1841 — the crown jewels saved ahead of stored paper maps. The national mapping ...

We all know something of the story of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland in the nineteenth century: perhaps we’ve remarked on a particularly unfortunate translation of a placename, or used a 6-inch map to ...

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter It is hardly the remotest corner of the New ...

In a report to parliament on the agency’s first set of accounts as a trading fund, Sir John said he had taken the step because of the Ordnance Survey’s decision not to value the National Topographic ...

Getting stuck in Slippery Hole might seem hilarious, but this could actually be a matter of life and death. From the Eye of the Butt to the Dalek, Britain has thousands of bizarre nicknames for sea ...

Beddgelert Community Council will discuss the issue at a meeting on 27 June Inaccuracies and errors relating to Welsh names on online maps have left one historian "incensed". Nia Powell has called for ...