This is where Ordnance Survey guidebooks come in, ... Part of their OS Short Walks Made Easy series, the Isle of Wight guide is perfect for all abilities and requires no prior walking experience.

In 1805, the Board of Ordnance itself published a map of Essex, the first of what would become known as the Old Series one-inch scale maps. As this was a national survey, county boundaries were ...

Sixty-seven Ordnance Survey men died in WW1. This group of 32 men were wounded When World War One broke out, map-makers were posted overseas to replace existing French maps, which were too small ...

Mayrise maps Isle of Wight roads 07 July 2009 By LGC Contributor. Isle of Wight Council is creating the UK’s most detailed road network map as part of a £850 million investment in the Island’s ...

It was built using two of the Ordnance Survey's in-house mapping tools: OS Terrain 50, and OS VectorMap District. The former is a 3D image of the UK's geomorphic features to a scale of 50 meters ...

Ordnance Survey celebrates its 220th anniversary this year, the map-making agency has been based in Southampton since 1842. To mark the occasion, a new exhibition in the city's Maritime Museum is ...

Sixty-seven Ordnance Survey men died in WW1. This group of 32 men were wounded When World War One broke out, map-makers were posted overseas to replace existing French maps, which were too small ...