Top 10 blogs of 2020
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by Jocelyn
3y ago
A big thank you to all of our readers. It’s been a challenging year for everyone in the world and we know it’s been hard to think of anything other than Covid-19, so we hope our content has offered you some form of distraction even if for only a few minutes. Publishing the content you... Read More The post Top 10 blogs of 2020 appeared first on AWS Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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Our GeoDataViz team’s favourite maps of 2020
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by GeoDataViz
3y ago
In terms of news, 2020 has been an interesting year to say the least. We have seen a lot of maps, charts and data visualisations to support these news stories and, as you’d expect, the most common topics covered have been Covid-19 and the US Presidential race. Here in the OS GeoDataViz team, we love... Read More The post Our GeoDataViz team’s favourite maps of 2020 appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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OS graduate wins award for colour blind friendly mapping
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by Jocelyn
3y ago
Hosted by the Royal Geographical Society, on 11 November 2020 the second Geography in Government (GiG) awards took place. Here, our outstanding graduate Jessica Baker details the work that won her the Contribution to the Profession award… The GiG awards aim to celebrate and recognise the work of members of the geography profession across the... Read More The post OS graduate wins award for colour blind friendly mapping appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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When real world mapping meets Tolkien
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by Jocelyn
3y ago
As a full-time cartographer with previous experience as an ecologist, our guest blogger Dan Bell is a huge advocate of the outdoors. In his spare time, he enjoys fell/long distance running and is currently training to become a Mountain Leader in the Lake District! If that wasn’t enough, he also runs Middle Earth’s Maps. Here,... Read More The post When real world mapping meets Tolkien appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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Britain’s top walking spots since lockdown eased
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by Gemma
3y ago
In the months since lockdown restrictions around Great Britain began to be relaxed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Britons valued the chance to GetOutside. During that time, subscribers to OS Maps have logged almost 700,000 routes in the app, showing whereabouts in the country they’ve been outdoors. We’ve analysed the data to identify some... Read More The post Britain’s top walking spots since lockdown eased appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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Using data to explore Great Britain’s AONBs and NSAs
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by GeoDataViz
3y ago
Do you know what an AONB is? Or an NSA? Most of us have heard of Britain’s National Parks (see all 15 here), but did you know that England and Wales also have 38 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Scotland has 40 National Scenic Areas (NSAs)? These scenic areas cover over 34,000 km2... Read More The post Using data to explore Great Britain’s AONBs and NSAs appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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Top 10 blogs of 2019
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by Jocelyn
4y ago
First off, thank you to everyone for your interest in the OS blog over 2019. At the end of each year, we like to find out the content you’ve enjoyed the most. Of course we always aim to publish content that you’ll find interesting, but crunching the numbers and working out the top 10 helps... Read More The post Top 10 blogs of 2019 appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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Prize to Transform the Future
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by Jocelyn
4y ago
What might the *London City Region look like 20 years from now? Working alongside the (AONB) Director of Surrey Hills Rob Fairbanks and our own Strategic Development Manager Kitty Rose, OS GetOutside Champion Dan Raven-Ellison is asking you to imagine what it could and should look like… What if the London City Region was radically... Read More The post Prize to Transform the Future appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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Thematic mapping techniques
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by GeoDataViz
4y ago
In a world where we have access to an abundance of information, good data visualisation is more important now than ever before. Our GeoDataViz team here at OS know this better than anyone. Here they talk us through their thematic mapping techniques and explain when and how these techniques should be used… When approaching data... Read More The post Thematic mapping techniques appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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Colour blind friendly mapping: where are we taking it next?
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by Jocelyn
4y ago
Following her blog on the release of two new colour vision deficiency (CVD) friendly styles for OS Open Zoomstack last December, Graduate Technical Consultant Jessica Baker talks through the feedback we’ve had, where our CVD mapping is going next, and new ways you can access these styles. The initial release of the two new CVD... Read More The post Colour blind friendly mapping: where are we taking it next? appeared first on Ordnance Survey Blog ..read more
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