Case Studies

Greenspace is the urban ecosystem – protecting our biodiversity, our physical and our mental health.

Greenspaces are also, according to Scotland’s parks and greenspace charity, greenspace scotland, a potential source of local green energy.

ParkPower is a Scotland-wide pr...

Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) works with Ordnance Survey (OS) to make sure the UK has secure, clean and affordable energy supplies.

DECC has combined data from a number of different sources to create the National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED) which is used to eff...

Supporting local economic growth in Milton Keynes with geospatial data.

Ordnance Survey (OS) provides geospatial datasets to help the MK:Smart Future Cities project in Milton Keynes.

MK:Smart Future Cities project (MK:Smart) is a large collaborative initiative, partly funded by HEFC...

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) maintains 48,500km of high-voltage overhead power lines supported by wooden poles in Great Britain.

Ordnance Survey (OS) helped SSE to locate problems more efficiently, without the need for multiple site visits, as described in this case study.

With the Scottish Government's ambitious targets for increasing renewable energy generation up to 2020, Scotland’s onshore wind generation will continue to grow.

This case study shows how effective guidance, utilising spatial data, can help local Government Authorities to deliver thi...

Northern Gas Networks (NGN) is the gas distributor for the North of England, supplying 2.7 million homes and businesses. Geospatial solutions are fundamental to NGN’s daily operations, including representing the accurate positions of assets – data that is vital for emergency response,...

Dubai is a rapidly developing city. This growth has had a big impact on the natural environment, natural resources and native habitats.

Satellite Earth Observation (EO) data has long been an important source of information for measuring and monitoring how the environment is changing. Howev...

This case study describes how Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) worked with Ordnance Survey (OS) as part of its Smart Meter 868MHz HAN trial to predict the number of premises at which a 868MHz HAN solution would work.

Through this OS supplied a tabular, spatially-derived datas...

Creating a single portal to meet Ash Parish Council’s local mapping needs.

Ash Parish in Surrey is one of the most heavily populated rural parishes within the Borough of Guilford. The parish is located in the extreme west of the borough and covers four square miles, extending north t...