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London’s Population Profile in 1935

Posted on Friday 10 November 2017 by James Cheshire

The graphic below shows the population of London across a number of transects overlain on the city’s underlying terrain. It was produced by Ordnance Survey in 1935 and is one of the few early examples I’ve seen of the organisation producing “data visualisations” alongside their famous maps (they do a lot more of this now […]

dataviz, london, ordnance survey, population, Resources, transect, visualisation

PhD studentship in collaboration with the Ordnance Survey – identifying systematic biases in crowdsourced geographic information

Posted on Tuesday 11 July 2017 by mukih

Deadline 28th July 2017 UCL Department of Geography and the Ordnance Survey are inviting applications for a PhD studentship to explore the internal systematic biases in crowd-sourced geographic information datasets (also known as Volunteered Geographic Information – VGI). The studentship provides an exciting opportunity for a student to work with Ordnance Survey on understanding the … Continue reading PhD studentship in collaboration with the Ordnance Survey – identifying systematic biases in crowdsourced geographic information

citizen science, crowdsourced geographic information, Crowdsourcing, Extreme Citizen Science, GIS, OpenStreetMap, ordnance survey, PhD, PPGIS, studentship, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

The Great British Colouring Map

Posted on Thursday 20 October 2016 by Oliver O’Brien

The Great British Colouring Map taps into a sudden enthusiasm for adult colouring-in books, by taking Ordnance Survey maps of many classic British places, stripping out all the colour, shading and labels, and inviting the reader to use their colouring pencils to shade and tone it as they please. The book, published by Laurence King […]

Art, colouring, ordnance survey, os, pencils

Building Centre – from Mapping to Making

Posted on Friday 11 September 2015 by mukih

The London based Building Centre organised an evening event – from Mapping to Making – which looked at the “radical evolution in the making and meaning of maps is influencing creative output. New approaches to data capture and integration – from drones to crowd-sourcing – suggest maps are changing their impact on our working life, … Continue reading Building Centre – from Mapping to Making

Building Centre, citizen science, Conference, Environmental information, Geographic information science, GIS, mapping, mapping for change, Mapping to Making, OpenStreetMap, ordnance survey, Participatory Mapping

Mapping London at the 10×10 Charity Auction

Posted on Monday 24 November 2014 by Oliver O’Brien

Mapping London editors James and Ollie were invited ear […]

10x10, Art, auction, bermondsey, canvas, Charity, old, ordnance survey

London, 100 Years Ago

Posted on Monday 1 September 2014 by Oliver O’Brien

The National Library of Scotland’s (NLS) Map Depa […]

Historic, old, ordnance survey, os, victorian

Third day of INSPIRE 2014 – any space for civil society and citizens?

Posted on Saturday 21 June 2014 by Muki Haklay

At the last day of INSPIRE conference, I’ve attended a session about apps and applications and the final plenary which focused on knowledge based economy and the role of inspire within it. Some notes from the talks including my interpretations and comments. Dabbie Wilson from the Ordnance Survey highlighted the issues that the OS is facing […]

citizen science, Conference, data quality, GIS, Government, government data, HMLR, INSPIRE, INSPIRE 2014, knowledge based economy, ordnance survey, smartphone apps, Spatial Data Quality, VGI

Victorian London in Incredible Detail

Posted on Friday 4 October 2013 by Oliver O’Brien

[Update – Links fixed to repoint to the correct version […]

1896, black and white, Historic, london, mastermap, old, ordnance survey, os, streets, victorian