What a wonderful thing this is. Stuffy old Ordnance Survey, best known for creating the maps you used to use before your phone did it much better, has created an absolutely vast Minecraft map of ...

In 1824, teams of surveyors began to map Ireland, making it the first place in the world to have detailed ordnance survey maps for an entire country. Now, 200 years later, these 6in to a mile maps, ...

They’re the chaps who put Britain on the map — literally. But in an age of sat-navs and couch potatoes, will there still be a place for the unsung heroes of the Ordnance Survey? Nothing sneaks past ...

Nigel Brown has built up a collection of nearly 2,000 Ordnance Survey maps over 60 years - but he admits he will probably still buy some more. As a 10-year-old, he and a group of friends got hold of ...

The digital heritage resource focuses on the early years of ordnance surveying in Ireland, bringing together maps, texts, archaeological and toponymical material. Researchers at the University of ...

How we laugh when a poll reveals that eight out of ten children think Churchill is a dog from an advert, or that chicken comes from a chicken machine. It’s better to laugh, of course — because if we ...

Famous for their comprehensive coverage and the extraordinary level of detail they deliver, Ordnance Survey maps have been used by hikers, bikers, boaters, anglers, amblers and outdoor explorers of ...