Tag: ordnance survey
Using GPS to Turn a Hill into a Mountain
Graham Jackson and John Barnard, along with Myrddyn Phillips, are hillwalkers who use GPS equipment to re-measure hills designated by the Ordnance Survey to be just under the 2,000 foot minimum to be classified as a mountain.
Making Color Blind Friendly Maps
It’s estimated that about 7% of males are color blind in some form (as compared with 0.4% of females). While a very small percentage don’t see color at all, the most common form of color blindness is the inability to differentiate red and green colors. One area that color blindness can be challenging is [...]
What is it like to be a cartographer?
The British Cartographic Society highlights series of posts and videos on the field of cartography. If you want an idea of what cartography was like in the 1950s, check out the video “A Cartographer’s Way in the 1950s“. To see how cartography has evolved, the Ordnance Survey blog takes a look at Cartography – from [...]
OpenData
The British Ordnance Survey has launched OpenData where visitors can view and download geographic data. The web site was developed as the result of select Ordnance Survey data being made freely available to the public as the result of a protracted battle by the “Free Our Data” coalition. The report on the future direction of [...]
GeoBriefs: Platial No More, Brief History of Ordnance Survey
Platial announced its demise. The site went offline March 2nd and GeoCommons will be hosting all “geo-data (maps and places) from Platial’s 5 years of neogeography.” (Via James Fee) The Platial blog and Twitter account platialmaps live on. Learn about the Ordnance Survey with their quick “A brief history of Ordnance Survey” page. Get printable [...]