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An aerial map of London's green space - Credit: Ordnance Survey
When not juggling some 20,000 daily changes to Britain’s geographic database, Ordnance Survey helps build green roadmaps for the likes of emergency services, utilities and local authorities. Here sustainability lead, Donna Lyndsay explains why everyone needs to become a ‘geographer’
National mapping agency Ordnance Survey (OS) was initially founded some 250 years ago with a remit to plot terrain and geographical features for use by the military. It literally undertook surveys for...
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