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 ...

OS has its roots in 18th-century military maps and first published in 1801. It sells just under 2m copies of its paper maps each year, which makes up 5% of its business. Its app has 5 million users.

In 2015, OS ran a competition for the public to design new symbols, which included electric car charging points. But these have not yet been implemented due to the market ‘changing at a ...

The Ordnance Survey was set up in 1791 to map the south of Britain to protect against a feared French invasion, and in response to concerns that the British army did not have adequate maps of the ...

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 ...

Experts have put together the test, which features questions on map symbols, scale, and how to read contours, to allow people to evaluate their skills – which can be used on paper or digital maps.

The alternative is the pink OS Landranger maps. These are 1 to 50,000 in scale, which means that for every two centimetres on the map, you have a kilometre in real life.

Symbols show important landmarks, places and areas. They are used because maps are usually too small to contain lots of writing A key is a guide which explains what the symbols on the map mean. It ...

Ortelius is a vector map illustration and editing application that focuses on cartography and graphics for publication and presentation. It’s used by graphic designers, authors, researchers, and ...

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 ...