#ordnancesurvey — Public Fediverse posts

New map projections don’t make the Mercator wrong | Letter
By Guardian Staff

The transverse Mercator projection was created for European sailors – and it worked for their world, writes Paul Harwood

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/sep/25/new-map-projections-dont-make-the-mercator-wrong

#Maps #Exploration #Travel #Business #OrdnanceSurvey #UKnews #Science #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

@jonpsp I get #What3Words locations from my local wildlife group, but very rarely an #OrdnanceSurvey grid reference which I'd find far more useful.

Cities In Great Britain Most Vulnerable To Extreme Heat Revealed
(OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperatures)
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/08/cities-great-britain-most-vulnerable-extreme-heat-revealed <-- shared media article
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/new-urban-heat-islands-analysis <-- shared technical article, OS Heat Vulnerability Index
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H/T @joe Clarkson | Campaign Manager - Diffusion PR
“[The H/T] work[ed] … closely with Ordnance Survey (OS) on new research into which of Britain's cities are most vulnerable to retaining extreme heat, and how that vulnerability shifts between now and the turn of the century as record temperatures continue to climb…
The newly commissioned OS Heat Vulnerability Index scored 71 cities across Britain using #4EI satellite temperature readings, @Met Office climate modelling projections from 2040 to 2100, and Ordnance Survey data on the makeup of natural and made environments in our cities. Put together, it measures how global warming will impact future heat vulnerability, and how urban heat islands form; a process in which hard surfaces absorb solar radiation through the day to keep centres warm overnight, while rural environments cool.
Anyone who has been unfortunate enough to stand on a Tube platform or walk through central London this summer, or tried to sleep through a heatwave in a flat that hasn't cooled in months already knows what retained heat feels like. But it's more than an uncomfortable feeling. Extreme heat is claiming an increasing number of lives each year, and location-based intelligence like this is essential to support decisions on how we effectively mitigate and protect against climate change to save lives and protect critical infrastructure.
What this analysis does is put a number on extreme heat, and shows where it's heading. As Britain's climate continues to warm, the capacity of our cities to cool themselves naturally will only matter more…”
#ClimateChange #Heat #UrbanHeat #Heatwave #Climate #Warming #Infrastructure #London #Portsmouth #Resilience #OrdnanceSurvey #Geospatial #Data #extremeweather #extremeweather #publichealth #publicsafety #deaths #UK #GreatBritain #OS #HeatVulnerabilityIndex #vulnerability #spatialanalysis #mapping #model #modeling #analysis #spatiotemporal #climate #climatemodeling #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #solarradiation #natural #manmade #retainedheat #mitigation #planning #policy #infrastructure #concrete #asphalt #buildings #hardsurfaces #globalwarming #urbanheatislands #cities #urban
@Ordnance Survey

83% of Britain’s cities highly vulnerable to urban heat, says OS data

Fifty-nine cities in Britain (83%) are highly vulnerable to urban heat, according to analysis from Ordnance Survey (OS),…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #4EarthIntelligence #climate #HEAT #heatvulnerability #MetOffice #OrdnanceSurvey #OS #urbanheat #urbanheatisland
https://www.europesays.com/britain/119973/

https://www.europesays.com/britain/119973/ 83% of Britain’s cities highly vulnerable to urban heat, says OS data #4EarthIntelligence #Britain #climate #HEAT #HeatVulnerability #MetOffice #OrdnanceSurvey #OS #UrbanHeat #UrbanHeatIsland

https://www.europesays.com/videos/74959/ Oxford Canal braced for hardship as water levels plummet ITV MERIDIAN (Thames Valley) #Canal+ #climate #Didcot #Drought #fire #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #OrdnanceSurvey #Oxford #OxfordshireFireAndRescue #Weather

Beyond the Map: Surveying Then and Now | Ordnance Survey [UK]
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https://youtu.be/RkOkapW66OU?si=1jLLwWqT1MATSQd9 <-- shared video
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H/T @Ordnance Survey
“Britain's map has changed a lot over the years - and so has the way it's made.
Meet Brian and Will, OS Surveyors from different generations, sharing how surveying has evolved and what it means to help map Great Britain. Here's part one of their story.
From long days in the field with paper maps and handwritten notes to modern GPS and digital technology, surveying has come a long way. But one thing hasn't changed: the people behind the map…”
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“Will's grandfather Brian helped map Britain. Today, Will does the same job with very different technology.
Together, they reflect on their careers as Ordnance Survey surveyors, sharing stories from different eras of surveying.
From paper field books to GPS and digital mapping, discover how surveying has evolved, how maps are made, and the technology behind the data millions rely on every day.
Whether you're interested in mapping, surveying, geography, cartography, or the history of Ordnance Survey, this is a fascinating insight into the people and processes that help put Britain on the map…”
#UK #OS #survey #history #GIS #spatial #mapping #Britian #surveyors #GreatBritian #family #technology #oldschool #cartography #geography #careers #publicservice #publicgood #publiclands #civilservice #UK
#OrdnanceSurvey

@only_ohm Not true I'm afraid. Only true for 1:250k checking various scales in their app. Here's Routeplanner & Landranger in the #OrdnanceSurvey app.

New Digital Tool Helps Farmers Boost Biodiversity In Scotland [spatial]
(The app is underpinned by trusted data from [UK] Ordnance Survey)
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/new-biodiversity-tool-in-scotland <-- shared technical article
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https://biodiversity.scot/ <-- shared Farm Biodiversity Scotland (FarmBioScot) home page
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https://www.nature.scot/ <-- shated NatureScot home page
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H/T @Ordnance Survey
“Most of us use maps to find places. Farmers in Scotland are now using them to help restore nature. 🌿
A new tool from NatureScot powered by Ordnance Survey data, is being tested with farmers and crofters and helps them map habitats, record wildlife observations and track biodiversity improvements across their land.
By turning trusted location data into practical insights, FarmBioScot makes it easier to understand the environmental value of the land they manage, support nature recovery and meet requirements for The Scottish Government support schemes.
It's a great example of how geospatial data can help people make better decisions - benefiting both rural businesses and the natural environment…”
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“NatureScot, Scotland’s nature agency, is testing a new digital tool with farmers and crofters across Scotland to help them consider nature in their business management. The new platform, powered by Ordnance Survey (OS) data, will also make it easier for them to meet requirements for government support schemes.
Farm Biodiversity Scotland (FarmBioScot) enables users to map habitats, record wildlife observations and track biodiversity improvements on their land through a simple platform, available via both app and web. The tool supports the Scottish Government’s wider ambitions to restore nature while helping farmers demonstrate the environmental value of the land they manage…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #biodiversity #digitaltool #usecase #farming #crofters #agriculture #UK #Scotland #NatureScot #habitat #survey #monitoring #wildlife #FarmBioScot #FarmBiodiversityScotland #environment #value #return #funding #records #metrics #rural #business #farm #management #opendata #opensource #publicgood
#NatureScot | #OrdnanceSurvey

‘Heat highway’ could meet 85% of Manchester’s home heating needs

A new study conducted by EnergiRaven, supported by Viegand Maagøe, usi…
#Manchester #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Data #datacentres #EnergiRaven #excessheat #GreatBritain #GreaterManchester #heathighway #heatnetworks #Heating #Housing #industrialheat #NewStudy #OrdnanceSurvey #OSNationalGeographicDatabase #powergeneration #ViegandMaagøe #watertreatment
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1057005/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1057005/ ‘Heat highway’ could meet 85% of Manchester’s home heating needs #Britain #Data #DataCentres #EnergiRaven #England #ExcessHeat #GreatBritain #GreaterManchester #HeatHighway #HeatNetworks #Heating #Housing #IndustrialHeat #Manchester #NewStudy #OrdnanceSurvey #OSNationalGeographicDatabase #PowerGeneration #UK #UnitedKingdom #ViegandMaagøe #WaterTreatment

Ordnance Survey is 235 years old today, 21 June.
These stamps were produced in 1991 and show snippets of a map of the village of Hamstreet in Kent from 1816, 1906, 1959 and 1991. Chosen because the very first map produced by Ordnance Survey was of the county of Kent. Text and image from https://postalmuseum.org @map_enthusiasts #maps #OrdnanceSurvey #Kent #England

I've watched two films this evening coincidentally about being lost in the modern world, through some supernatural mechanism: The signal and Vivarium. Neither are really particularly good unfortunately. However, I think the rise of films like these are due to GPS navigation dependence and the lack of general map skills. #compass #osm #navigation #Ordnancesurvey

British Street Addresses, When Licenses Collide

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/british-street-addresses-when-licenses-collide/

OS Emergency Services Gazetteer - Not Every Emergency Happens At A Place With An Official Address. 🚑 [UK]
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/not-every-emergency-happens-at-a-place-with-ugcPost-7458093278580654080-p6r0 <-- shared technical post
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-emergency-services-gazetteer <-- OS Emergency Services Gazetteer hub
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #OSDataHub #emergencyservices #emergencyresponse #routing #addressing #UK #England #Wales #Scotland #OS #EmergencyServicesGazetteer #dataset #responders #risk #hazard ##EmergencyServices #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #FirstResponders #LocationData #AddressingChallenges #DispatchOperations #SituationalAwareness #SmartCities #CommunitySafety
#OrdnanceSurvey

Anyone know what impact #KesslerSyndrome would have on #GNSS ?

I assume it renders these services at least partly (or even wholly) unusable, even if the satellites themselves are unaffected

We use GNSS a fair bit at work, both for staffs own navigation devices (when they are visiting clients) and the visit logging system (which confirms they are in correct location), I expect I have to prepare for disruption to this as part of #BusinessContinuity

At least it seems folk from #Zimbabwe (where many of our staff are from) get good #education on how to use #maps in high #school and their national mapping is very similar to #OrdnanceSurvey

Latest Data Release From Ordnance Survey Delivers Britain’s Most Detailed Digital Map Ever [UK]
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/latest-data-release-delivers-britains-most-detailed-digital-map <-- shared technical article
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https://osdatahub.os.uk/ <-- shared OS spatial data hub
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/os-basemap-pro-announcement <-- shared details of new OS BaseMap Pro
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #UK #Britain #GreatBritain #OrdnanceSurvey #map #Kent #cartography #history #modern #OSNationalGeographicDatabase #OSNGD #database #opendata #digitalmapping #metadata #attribution #consistency #accessability #usecase #OSBaseMapPro #transportation #routing #infrastructure #healthcare #emergencyservices #spatialanalysis #publicservice #publicgood #publicsafety #publichealth #planning #sustainability #climateadaptation #resilience #spatialdata #cartography
#OrdnanceSurvey

How Ordnance Survey Supports Agriculture And Land Management Through Innovation And Trusted, Authoritative Data [UK]
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/insights/supporting-agriculture-and-land-management <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/BQReQyr3Xv0?si=6ov42Fe94epDBfBh <-- shared video, ‘CNH supports farmers with driverless tractors using OS technology’
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-ngd <-- shared link to the OS National Geographic Database open spatial data portal
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#OrdnanceSurvey #OS #agency #OSNet #GPS #navigation #routing #safety #security #location #locating #GIS #spatial #mapping #precisionagriculture #farmers #farming #UK #Britain #England #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #agriculture #production #food #foodsecurity #geospatial #farming #locationdata #tractor #SeeABetterPlace #mechanisation #automation #driverless #landuse #landuseframework #defra #spatialdata #opendata #OSNationalGeographicDatabase #API #downloads #Geovation #LandApp #OkoAg #SoilBenchmark #sustainable #environment
@OrdnanceSurvey @Defra @CNH

Overland Flow Pathways [England]
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https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/36e7f4d3-61b2-4e64-aaa2-2b85bceb61a9 <-- shared technical resource / overview
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #environment #Elevation #Hydrography #hydrology #remotesensing #survey #hydrologicflow #flow #catchment #DigitalElevationModel #LiDAR #remotesensing #earthobservation #opendata #UK #England #Britain #overlandflow #water #hydrology #risk #hazard #pollution #soil #erosion #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #naturalhazard #network #polyline #DTM #landscape #slope #D8 #watershed #ponding #flowdirection #environment #hydroenforced #digitalterrainmodel
#OrdnanceSurvey | #UKEnvironmentAgency

If anyone's following along, now streetmap.co.uk has disappeared, a very similar (arguably easier to use) site with #ordnancesurvey #maps (1:25k and 1:50k and larger scales) is:

https://www.sysmaps.co.uk/sysmaps_os.html

#uk

Hmm. Interesting. Features I have added to Open Street Map are now showing up on Ordnance Survey maps without any attribution.
Need to do some more digging on this.
#osm #ordnancesurvey #openstreetmap

Why Do Some [UK] Homes Feel Chilly No Matter How High You Turn Up The Heating? 🏠❄️ - How Location Data Can Help Identify Hard To Heat Homes In Britain [spatial]
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/insights/how-location-data-can-help-identify-hard-to-heat-homes-in-britain <-- shared technical article
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#OrdnanceSurvey #OS #GIS #spatial #mapping #UK #England #Scotland #Wales #Britain #UnitedKingdom #coldhomes #heating #efficiency #build #efficiency #insulation #building #material #type #house #home #residential #buildquality #construction #age #heatretention #winter #extremeweather #temperature #WarmHomesPlan #energy #fuel #urban #rural #fuelpoverty #energyefficiency #spatialanalysis #localauthorities #heatloss #coastal #remote #detached #semidetached #heatindex #coldspell #usecase #economics #benefits
@OrdnanceSurvey

Now streetmap.co.uk appears to be offline, where else can one still get #OrdnanceSurvey #Landranger or #Explorer (1:50k or 1:25k) maps online?

#maps #uk

Scotland and the Three Norths

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/12/17/scotland-and-the-three-norths/

Scotland and the Three Norths

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/12/17/scotland-and-the-three-norths/

@dougcoulson I can add an interesting corollary. There was a plan to develop the Yorkshire village of #Ravenscar as a small holiday report, but the initiative failed. Interestingly, the proposed street layout made it onto the 1910 #UK #ordnancesurvey map. This link shows the unbuilt town in all its imagined glory. Not exactly a 'paper town' but not a real town either. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15.2&lat=54.40126&lon=-0.49365&layers=6&b=ESRIWorld&o=100

Anyone in the market for some One Inch (to the mile) #OrdnanceSurvey maps…?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317487193634

#ebay

Beautiful portraits of #JohnLennon and #YokoOno on vintage maps: https://zorz.it/xnMTY

#ShanilouPerera #artist #cartography #crosshatch #EdFairburn #VintageMaps #OrdnanceSurvey #portraits

Making Maps - The Story of the UK's Ordnance Survey
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https://youtu.be/2xSOcNZ8Byk?si=HgZrg-bNG3AzF4hh <-- shared video
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https://youtu.be/_jO33mSdItQ?si=Fit81ljGzG4wnawd <-- shared video
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/history <-- shared rich history of the UK’s Ordnance Survey from their page
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/arrow-photos-mapping-manchester <-- How Arrow-Wielding Men Mapped Britain in the 1940s
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #OS #OrdnanceSurvey #UK #Britian #England #Wales #Scotland #cartography #survey #compilation #geography #economics #benefit #history #historic #background #militrary #opendata
#OrdnanceSurvey

A New Model Of England’s Motorways And A Roads Will Lead To Safer And More Efficient Journeys

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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/new-motorway-and-a-road-model-will-help-safer-and-more-efficient-journeys <-- shared overview article
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https://opendata.nationalhighways.co.uk/maps/4b64217e40dc48ebb38315a9a95c96e5/about <-- open data, Network Model (Public), National Highways Spatial
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"The launch of the National Highways Network Model marks the start of a strategic partnership with Ordnance Survey..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #ordnancesurvey #nationalhighways #networkmodel #transportation #UK #England #opendata #motorway #ARoad #StrategicRoadNetwork #infrastructure #routing #traffic #congestion #commercial #economics #travel #feedback #model #OS #MasterMap
#OrdnanceSurvey | #NationalHighways

Mapping Solar And Sunshine [UK’s Ordnance Survey]
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonathan-allsup-0390251a3_gis-geospatial-data-activity-7354829976170364928-mds9 <-- shared Ordnance Survey technical article
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https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/areas-householders-missing-out-cheaper-solar-electricity-mapped-3821426 <-- shared media article
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“[Exploring] Ordnance Survey’s new solar presence attributes in the National Geographic Database can help provide insights into the nation’s solar potential..."
#OrdnanceSurvey #analysis #news #solar #renewable #renewableenergy #greeninfrastructure #netzero #infrastructure #OSNGD #osdata #opendata #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britian #England #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #NationalGeographicDatabase #solarpotential #GreatBritian #residential #power #electricity #infrastructure #solarpanels #OrdnanceSurvey

#CoastalWalks are easy as there’s virtually no need to navigate, but I still do like to have my #OrdnanceSurvey #map with me. This first #promontory, slightly to the east of #Tintagel is called #WillaPark.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA ##DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Android #Spring #Hiking