The fold-out map shows Guernsey on one side and Alderney, Sark and Herm on the reverse. It is the first map since 1979 to use the Ordnance Survey symbols.

A free service from Ordnance Survey opens up its maps to developers wanting to design their own applications or work on mashups Written by Adrian Bridgwater, Contributor Feb. 1, 2008, 7:33 a.m. PT ...

Britain's Ordnance Survey is planning to roll out a new colour palette for its maps which enables those with colour blindness to use them. Colour blindness, or colour vision deficiency (CVD ...

By bringing its map data into gaming, the Ordnance Survey says it has created an interactive, realistic representation of Britain that brings geography and mapping to both younger generations and ...

A mapping tool that gives a detailed picture of local information in almost every corner of the UK has been released by Ordnance Survey (OS).

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.

The UK’s Ordnance Survey mapping agency has (almost) come to its senses and announced that it will allow non-profit making organisations and individual developers to display their own data on OS ...

The Ordnance Survey has opened up its map source code for online developers to use when creating Web 2.0 applications such as mashups. The OpenSpace project was announced last year, and developers ...

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 ...

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 ...