With the national mapping agency revamping the symbols on walking maps, put your rambling knowledge to the test with our interactive quiz Chris Moss is a writer, editor and hotel expert on the UK, ...

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 ...

In 1747, King George II commissioned a new map of the Scottish highlands, to help fight the Jacobite uprising. That exercise led to the creation of the Ordnance Survey, a project to map Great Britain ...

'I am told there are people who do not care for maps,” Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in 1894. “And I find it hard to believe.” Stevenson’s fascination with charts, surveys and maps led to the creation ...

I was first taught to read a map when I was around 11 years old. My stepfather shook out the Ordnance Survey OL30 Explorer map (Yorkshire Dales – Northern & Central Area) over the kitchen table in our ...

OS mapping data to be released to developers... The Ordnance Survey (OS) is opening up some of its secret code to allow software developers to create Google Maps-style mash-ups. Dubbed OpenSpace, the ...