Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ordnance Survey has been around for more than two centuries (Pexels) Ordnance Survey (OS) is the UK’s national mapping agency.

Mapmaker suggests symbols could be added for bike repair shops, dog waste bins or river access points For more than 200 years, Ordnance Survey maps have featured symbols denoting everything from ...

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 ...

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 ...

The four main points on a compass are: north, east, south and west. A compass is used to work out direction. A four-point compass can give a rough direction whereas a sixteen-point compass is much ...

It would be nice, perhaps, if things could always stay that way. But the Ordnance Survey, the UK’s national mapping agency and one of the world’s oldest map-makers, is planning an overhaul of the ...

You may have used them to help navigate on a long car journey or during an adventurous walk in the countryside. But now the reassuringly timeless Ordnance Survey (OS) maps are getting a modern ...

Just like a key to a door, the key helps you to unlock the information stored in the colours and symbols on a map. You must understand how the key relates to the map before you can unlock the ...

Ordnance Survey (OS) is the UK’s national mapping agency. It provides the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data. For more than 200 years, its maps featured symbols for the most commonly sought ...