Ordnance Survey (OS) is the UK’s national mapping agency. It provides the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data. For more than 200 years, its maps featured symbols for the most commonly ...

Mapmaker suggests symbols could be added for bike repair shops, dog waste bins or river access points For more than 200 years, Ordnance Survey maps have featured symbols denoting everything from ...

Nick Giles, managing director of Ordnance Survey Leisure said: "The work that we have been doing is trying to understand the symbols that will help people - particularly in our leisure mapping ...

The paper maps, first published in 1801, are updated every three to five years, but the ‘master copy’ map of the UK is a huge digital file which is updated with 20,000 new pieces of ...

Ordnance Survey: those map-nificent men By ROBERT HARDMAN Last updated at 00:02 04 October 2006 ...

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 ...

Imagine pootling down the B3046 out of New Alresford, looking to your left across a bit of English scenery. Those navigating using one of the more functional modern online maps will see nothing marked ...

Ordnance Survey (OS) is the UK’s national mapping agency. It provides the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data. From the Government to businesses across the nation, including Google and ...