-- Data and maps --
Within the UK, geographic information (GI) underpins effective governance at national and local levels, and provides the essential infrastructure for strategic planning and decision making. Many business and utilities rely upon intelligent GI to trade effectively and improve their services.
Most people are familiar with the scale and appearance of popular walking and motoring maps, but most of our work goes into maintaining the incredible detail of Ordnance Survey’s large-scale data. This mapping includes the shape of every building in Britain. Our range of data and products supports the needs of emergency services, central government departments, utility companies, ramblers and motorists and many others who depend on up-to-date maps and digital data.
-- Data provision to Government --
Almost 220 departments and other government bodies are now signed up to the Pan-government agreement (PGA) for the supply of Ordnance Survey digital mapping and geographic data – a fourfold increase on the take-up only two years ago. The agreement allows central government departments and agencies to access our data through a central agreement between Ordnance Survey and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Many are now using the data as a framework for the linking and analysis of information from many sources to underpin policy making and enhance public service delivery. Others are embedding it in innovative web-based information services ranging from consultation on planning issues to transport and location-finding services.
