ZDNet

Ordnance Survey opens up maps to developers

Following a closed alpha launch on 14 December, Ordnance Survey has completed testing of its OS OpenSpace API. It is now available for developers to mash up their own applications using the UK ...
ZDNet

Ordnance Survey releases free map data

The Ordnance Survey (OS) on Thursday released much of its mapping data to the public for both personal and commercial reuse, in a move the government said is designed to spur business innovation and ...
Daily Mail

'Give us some directions': Ordnance Survey asks the public to suggest new symbols for its maps to identify places like bicycle repair shops and dog waste bins

You may have used them to help navigate on a long car journey or during an adventurous walk in the countryside. But now the reassuringly timeless Ordnance Survey (OS) maps are getting a modern ...
PCGamesN

Ordnance Survey recreate Great Britain in "largest Minecraft world ever built based on real-world data"

Ordnance Survey, the body responsible for mapping Great Britain from top to toe, have recreated 86,000 square miles of it in Minecraft. The map was built in two weeks by intern Joseph Braybrook and OS ...
Yahoo News UK

Ordnance Survey to consider which new map symbols to add

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 ...