Ordnance Survey
Great Britain’s National Mapping Agency Providing Geospatial Data for Climate Resilience
Added by
Maílis Carrilho
on
May 12th, 2026
Summary
Ordnance Survey is Great Britain’s national mapping service and a government-owned geospatial data organization. It provides authoritative mapping, location intelligence, and geographic datasets used by government, businesses, infrastructure operators, emergency services, and consumers. Its data support land-use planning, transport, utilities, environmental management, and climate adaptation. In the flood-readiness model developed with Snowflake, Ordnance Survey building and location datasets helped identify properties exposed to flood risk, including buildings outside existing flood-defence coverage. Ordnance Survey Limited is incorporated in England and Wales, with shares 100% owned by the UK Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Details
Company name
Ordnance Survey
Headquarters
Southampton, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Date of establishment
1791
Website