Ordnance Survey has come under fire from the Scouts over its plans to teach Year 10 pupils geography skills through video calls rather than in person. The national mapping agency will offer virtual ...

Aerial photos can be used to help identify coastal features. There are a number of coastal features that can be identified on aerial photos or Ordnance Survey maps. The spit starts to form where the ...

The scale of a map allows a reader to calculate the size, height and dimensions of the features shown on the map, as well as distances between different points. The scale on a map is the ratio between ...

Hiking is set to overtake yoga, according to trend forecaster WGSN. This shouldn’t come as any great surprise. The benefits of spending time in nature are well documented and can include a decrease in ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (May, 19, 2016) -- The 52nd Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), hosted its annual best warrior competition on Fort Campbell, which started on Monday and concluded today.

CARTOGRAPHY: WILLIAM J SMYTH reviews Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey by Rachel Hewitt, Granta, 436pp, £25… CARTOGRAPHY: WILLIAM J SMYTHreviews Map of a Nation: A Biography of the ...

Two schoolboys were hailed as heroes today after using an Ordnance Survey map to find the wreckage of a crashed microlight and save the lives of the pilot and his passenger. Rory Bennett, 11, and ...

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how the UK mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, is innovating to put geospatial data at the heart of smart cities. We look at how to manage subscription and ...

Map-reading skills are under threat because of a growing reliance on smartphones and sat-navs, experts say. The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) said increasing dependence on technology means ...

To all who use Ordnance maps in the field this book should prove most attractive and full of indications for further exploration of the countryside. Broadly speaking, it consists of three parts. First ...