Britain's Ordnance Survey is planning to roll out a new colour palette for its maps which enables those with colour blindness to use them. Colour blindness, or colour vision deficiency (CVD), affects ...

Artificial intelligence and camera software is being trialled to build a more detailed map of the UK’s road network. Mapping agency Ordnance Survey has launched trials with Mobileye, an Intel-owned ...

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 ...

Nigel Brown has built up a collection of nearly 2,000 Ordnance Survey maps over 60 years - but he admits he will probably still buy some more. As a 10-year-old, he and a group of friends got hold of ...

Ordnance Survey (OS) was a 50-year-old company when a fire swept through its first headquarters at the Tower of London in 1841 — the crown jewels saved ahead of stored paper maps. The national mapping ...

The chief executive of Ordnance Survey has disclosed how the venerable mapping organisation is battling US behemoths Google and Apple to maintain its significance in the modern era. Nick Bolton, who ...

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 ...