Ordnance Survey - Geographical Information Science Research

Geographical Information Science Research

For several decades, Ordnance Survey has had a research department that is active in several areas of geographical information science, including:

  • Spatial cognition
  • Map generalisation
  • Spatial data modelling
  • Remote sensing and analysis of remotely sensed data
  • Semantics and ontologies

Ordnance Survey actively supports the academic research community through its external research and university liaison team. The research department actively supports MSc and PhD students as well as engaging in collaborative research. Most Ordnance Survey products are available to UK universities that have signed up to the Digimap agreement and data is also made available for research purposes that advances Ordnance Survey's own research agenda.

More information can be found at Ordnance Survey Research.

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