Ordnance Survey
Duke gets first-hand view during Ordnance Survey opening visit
The Duke of Edinburgh got a first-hand view of how Britain’s national mapping agency operates when he officially opened its new headquarters.
Vince Cable's department takes Ordnance Survey under its wing
Control of Britain’s national mapping operation has been passed to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
Survey puts Welsh mountain into 1,000m 'super league'
The league of Welsh ‘super mountains’ gained a new member today with the news that a survey of a Snowdonia peak revealed its true height to be more than 1,000m Glyder Fawr, Wales’s fifth highest mountain, has been promoted to the super league following measurements by hill sleuths Graham Jackson, John Barnard and Myrddyn Phillips.
Tryfan's final reckoning looms as surveyors head for summit
It’s the summer weekend with the longest daylight hours, which means, almost certainly, the mountain rescue teams of the western Lake District will be looking forward to interrupted sleep as hapless Three Peaks Challengers struggle to find their way on the felltops.
Mountain rescue tax pledge missing from coalition list
The mountain rescue community must wonder what it has to do to squeeze any cash out of Whitehall. For more than three years, representatives of Mou...
Company boss urges Ordnance Survey rethink on schools charging
The head of the British arm of an international geographic information company urged the national mapping urgency to think again over plans to start charging schools for data.
No change for walkers' maps as OS frees data
The long-awaited results of the Government’s Ordnance Survey consultation were announced today. Walkers and outdoor enthusiasts had hoped for a b...
Gordon Brown pledges April date for free OS mapping
Ordnance Survey mapping will be free from 1 April. It’s not an April Fool’s joke, but the first indication from the Prime Minister that the Gov...
Tryfan's status at risk as hill sleuths plan survey
One of the shapeliest of north Wales’s 3,000ft mountains could soon lose its status. Tryfan, the perfectly mountain-shaped peak in the Ogwen Vall...
Duke will open new Ordnance Survey headquarters
The Duke of Edinburgh will today officially open the new headquarters of Britain’s official mapping agency, 42 years since he and the Queen opened the Ordnance Survey’s previous head office.
'National trust for waterways' planned in quango shake-up
The organisation in control of more than 2,000 miles of canals and towpaths is to be turned into a ‘national trust’ for waterways.
It's official: trio reveal Tryfan's true height
Thousands of boots have tramped its rocky inclines and the bravest mountaineers have made the leap from Adam to Eve, the twin columns of rock that adorn its summit.
Devil of a celebration as OS drops threat against racy novel
Publishers of a racy novel set on the West Highland Way are celebrating after Britain’s national mapping agency climbed down over legal threats to the book.
Swedish Girls publishers fold after Ordnance Survey dispute
The publishers of a bawdy tale of romance and footslogging on the West Highland Way have thrown in the towel in a legal dispute with Britain’s national mapping agency.
Government 'lost its nerve' on free Ordnance Survey maps
The Ramblers today expressed extreme disappointment with the Government’s failure to provide free maps at scales used by walkers in its move to liberalise the national mapping agency.
Boss's concern for Ordnance Survey in mapping shake-up
The head of a company dealing in geographic information said today that the Government had ignored the views of industry in its move towards providing Ordnance Survey data free of charge.
Final day for Ordnance Survey free mapping consultation
Tomorrow is the final date for submissions to the Government’s consultation on freeing Ordnance Survey data.
Bawdy walking book cover upsets Ordnance Survey
Britain’s national mapping agency stands accused of losing its sense of humour after it launched action to have sales of a bawdy hillwalking book stopped.