Case Studies

The importance of access to green outdoor spaces in relation to health and wellbeing is clear. However, deprived areas are less likely to have access to green space and gardens.

In 2021 the Government allocated £9 million of funding to a ‘Levelling Up Parks Fund’ to help...

Following the tragic Grenfell Tower disaster, the Government led a programme of work delivered by Fire and Rescue Services across the country; to make high-rise residential buildings safer, and provide a better understanding of high-rise residential buildings.

As a key player in the property sector, Zoopla are invested in discovering and implementing new ways of improving their data quality; anything which might help reduce fall-throughs, speed up conveyancing, smooth the sales processes, and ultimately, optimise their services.

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...

With greenspaces a growing priority for those helping shape the built environment, fast and efficient research, analysis, and data is crucial for more sustainable development.

OS Partner, MapServe, work with various clients, from architects and town planners, to arboculturists – peop...

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...

In response to the government’s Emergency Active Travel Fund (EATF), OS Partner, Road Safety Analysis and the Agilysis team used OS MasterMap Highways combined with their own data, to create a tool enabling local authorities to assess their active travel network.

The EATF is providin...

To support the future of mobility, Ordnance Survey, Department for Transport (DfT) and GeoPlace have been working to make road data available and easier to work with. Vehicles are becoming more connected thanks to internet technology, this is driving the next wave of mobility innovations from mic...

The National Library of Scotland (NLS) maintains one of the largest map collections in the world, offering public access to both their physical archives, and a digital view of historic and modern landscapes.