
Ordnance Survey
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Headquarters | Southampton |
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United Kingdom | |
Number of employees | 1,244 |
Founded | 1791 |
Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
Subsidiaries | GeoPlace |
Ordnance Survey Leisure Limited | |
Official site | ordnancesurvey.co.uk |
Agenc execut | : Stephen Lake , CEO |
Employe | 1,244 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1197061 |
About Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose, which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars.
Major UK methane greenhouse gas leak spotted from space

... The company - funded by the UK Space Agency - to provide satellite data on methane emissions to UK organisations such as Ordnance Survey...
AI to stop water pollution before it happens

... Computer systems company CGI is running the artificial intelligence project with mapping experts Ordnance Survey...
TikTok: Scottish camping pensioner is TikTok hit age 74

... " Pat s lifelong passion for camping was inspired by the gift of an Ordnance Survey map when he was 10 years old...
The pandemic entrepreneurs moving into the High Street

... Overall, there were 9,300 fewer retail outlets on British High Streets in March 2022 than in March 2020, as shoppers switched to online stores, of Ordnance Survey data found...
How our High Streets changed over the Covid lockdowns

... Department stores and banks markedly fell in number, data from Ordnance Survey shows, as shoppers switched to online stores...
Help 999 teams find missing heart defibrillators

... The emergency services, helped by Ordnance Survey and the British Heart Foundation, want to map the locations...
The 'map nerds' who are building a national archive

... Since 2005, more than 13,000 contributors have submitted seven million pictures covering 281,000 Ordnance Survey (OS) grid squares...
UK census in 2021 could be the last, statistics chief

... The former University of Aberdeen Vice-Chancellor said his officials the research to undertake would, in addition to the census, to find out if accurate information could be obtained through other means, such as the Ordnance Survey, GP lists, council tax records and driver s license details...