Case Studies

Ordnance Survey helped to enable a master source of address information to be collated into a central hub that Scottish Water, their partners, and agencies, can use to seamlessly manage the lifecycle of an address.

Delivering estimated savings of around £1 million, Northumbrian Water and Ordnance Survey (OS) created the first Underground Infrastructure Hub for the North East.

Northumbrian Water provides water and wastewater services to just under 4.4 million people.

In 2018 it asked OS...

Combining Dauntsey Parish local knowledge with Ordnance Survey (OS) digital maps to undertake a professional analysis of local flood impacts and risks.

• Dauntsey in north Wiltshire has experienced serious flooding, affecting as many as 44 homes.
• Using Geographic Information S

Tim Hopkin comes from three generations of farmers, and is revolutionising the way complex land use decisions are made, through the creation of The Land App.

The Land App is an admin tool for the British countryside, available for use by the nation’s landowners, land agents and manag...

Aiding the planning of land management and restoration in conservation areas with a Land Cover Map.

The South Pennine Moors Special Area of Conservation covers around 650km² of northern England. Since 2003, the Moors for the Future Partnership (MFFP) has been working to reverse more t...

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...

Natural England, the agency responsible for helping protect England’s natural environment, have announced that all new planning proposals covering Hampshire’s Solent waterways and wetlands, must be “nitrate neutral”.

Nitrate pollution, often caused by chemical ferti...

Working with Oman's National Survey Authority (NSA) to identify where policy, process and standards can support future trends and technology.

Oman’s NSA is solely responsible for producing and supplying geospatial data for the Sultanate of Oman, including all survey activities, as we...

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...