Colin Hughes has been appointed as the new Chair of Ordnance Survey by the UK Government, starting on 9 March 2025. The new ...

The Ordnance Survey’s revenues from its OS Maps app rose by 13pc to £9.5m in the year to April, according to the service’s annual report. By contrast, sales of its paper maps fell by 5pc to ...

Chances are, if you're a regular walker, you will stride out safe in the knowledge that an Ordnance Survey map secreted about your person means you'll know exactly where and when you got lost.

Large-scale maps - 1:1,250, 1:2,500 and 1:10,000. Features appear larger on the map. This may be used for individual towns and cities. Small-scale - 1:25,000, 1: ...

"Without that datum point, without that 'height zero' level that everyone agrees to use, nothing we do would fit," said Mark Greaves, from Ordnance Survey (OS), the UK's national mapping agency.

Any ordnance found will be removed by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, the spokesman said. The magnetic survey at Naha Airport is part of a wider search of airports across Japan in response to a ...

Britain’s top 100 breathtaking, “off-the-beaten-track” locations have been revealed in a new survey - with Berrow Beach named ...