Web mapping service headlines Ordnance Survey strategy launch
Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 27, Issue 5
Keywords: Maps, Internet
Following the announcement of a new business strategy for mapping agency Ordnance Survey (OS), further details have been released. The promotion event was held at NESTA, the independent organisation with the mission to “make the UK more innovative”, and saw the enhanced web mapping portal, OS OpenSpace, showcased for the first time. The free to use service, for which the event marked the official re-launch, provides greater access to OS mapping than ever before. As well as new terms that allow for businesses to use the service,boundary information is also available for the first time. This will make it possible for users to display information based on administrative regions. Also public sector organisations in Scotland now have access to OS mapping data under a single agreement for the first time.
