BBC6 年
The peculiar history of the Ordnance Survey
Chances are, if you're a regular walker, you will stride out safe in the knowledge that an Ordnance Survey map secreted about your person means you'll know exactly where and when you got lost.
BBC5 年
Using and understanding OS maps
OS maps show physical and human features as symbols. This makes the maps easier to read. Each OS map has a key to show what the symbols mean. Large-scale maps - 1:1,250, 1:2,500 and 1:10,000.
BBC4 年
OS map skills Scale
Ordnance Survey maps, the most common type of map in the UK, come in several scales. Travel maps have a scale of 1:125,000. This means 1 cm on the map represents 125,000 in the real world or 1 cm ...
BBC1 年
Ordnance Survey reveals top map symbol requests
Where you can launch your paddleboard from or find a farm shop could be added to OS leisure maps Ordnance Survey (OS) has revealed the top four new symbols people would like to see added to its ...
Computing4 年
Ordnance Survey maps UK on a giant database
The database will store images and information covering all of Great Britain, accurate to two centimetres, creating a 'master map' of the entire country. Ordnance Survey is consolidating several ...