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), affects ...

Project aims to help outdoor enthusiasts plan walks, cycles and hikes on and off beaten path Ordnance Survey, the UK’s national mapping agency, is eyeing an international expansion as it launches its ...

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 ...

The British mapping agency Ordnance Survey has created a map of the Martian surface using precision NASA data — and it's beautiful. PHOTOS: Tour 'The Martian' Movie Set… On Mars As an avid hiker when ...

OS was formed in 1791 to help protect Britain from the threat imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte by mapping the coastline and soon grew to become a mapping company. Today, according to OS, mapping only ...

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 sought ...

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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 ...

They’re the chaps who put Britain on the map — literally. But in an age of sat-navs and couch potatoes, will there still be a place for the unsung heroes of the Ordnance Survey? Nothing sneaks past ...

BRITAIN's national mapping agency Ordnance Survey has officially recognised the Ospreys' rugby region - by naming it "Ospreylia". The region, made up of Neath-Port Talbot, Swansea and Bridgend has ...

The printed map is the centre of attention right now. Last week was, according to the Ordnance Survey, National Map Reading Week. And next week, a blockbuster exhibition opens at the British Library – ...