Case Studies

Dubai Municipality has a clear ambition to make Dubai the happiest city in the world in all aspects. As one of the fastest growing cities in the world, it is constantly evolving to accommodate new areas for retail, business, and services every day. This rapid and purposeful development is contrib...

The Department of Lands and Surveys (DLS) operates a registered land administration system for the Caribbean island of Anguilla.

The DLS places a huge emphasis on both accuracy and efficiency, making sure its stakeholders have complete confidence and satisfaction – a process with loc...

Dubai Municipality is responsible for helping realise the Dubai government vision, ‘to make Dubai the happiest city on Earth’.

Its focus is on areas such as urban planning, safety and security, sustainable development and environmental protection – all of which rely on ge...

Namibia is seeking to accelerate sustainable economic growth across the nation by strengthening the way it manages land administration – including land and property usage, title transactions and registration.

The Ministry of Land Reform (MLR) has secured World Bank funding to help mo...

The Government of Malta sees authoritative, quality-assured geospatial data as a vital component of a modern nation’s infrastructure, enabling effective policy-making, economic growth and the creation of sustainable and safe living communities for citizens. As a result, Malta has seen a sig...

Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC) is the key agency for surveying and administrating the lands of Guyana. Ordnance Survey (OS) worked with the GLSC to update their geodetic infrastructure and support the building of key capabilities for the effective use, maintenance and expansion of the...

Ordnance Survey developed a transformation engine for strict and automatic mapping of IFC-BIM models into semantically enriched 3D CityGML building models, both exterior and interior. This work was completed with National University of Singapore (NUS) for the National Research Foundation (NRF) un...

The Brazilian Army used improved map generalisation to prepare for the 2016 Olympics.

For over 100 years, the Brazilian Army Geographic Service (DSG) has produced topographic maps of its entire national territory.

The need to adapt this map production system to incorporate small and...

Supporting geospatial data provision and capabilities in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) is the national authority responsible for all survey activities and property transactions in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

In a move to grow its geospatial capacity...