IT will be the largest development in Southampton which will terminate a half century of the world's most famous mapping agency on the site. In its heyday more than 5,000 people, most from the local ...

Ordnance Survey, the 232-year-old national mapping agency, has released its first ever official mapping app on Apple iOS devices, taking the iconic paper maps into the digital age. There are plenty of ...

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 ...

It may may now be tucked away behind trees next to the M271, but their former offices were a Hampshire landmark. The opening of the buildings on May 1, 1969, ironically meant more work for the company ...

Nigel Brown has built up a collection of nearly 2,000 Ordnance Survey maps over 60 years - but he admits he will probably still buy some more. As a 10-year-old, he and a group of friends got hold of ...

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, ...

A union has called a national mapping service's plans to make almost 100 redundancies "short-sighted". Prospect said the decision by Ordnance Survey, based in Southampton, Hampshire, to lay off 95 ...

WE are glad to note that the Minister of Agriculture has appointed a committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. J. C. C. Davidson, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, to consider the measures ...