Ordnance Survey Maps - Finding Your Way in Just 1 Hour

Introduction

OS, particularly in its digital format, is present in most of our daily professional lives.

Whether using OS technology in our SatNav or GoogleMap applications or drawing up a lease plan or submitting a property application to the Land Registry, we rely upon OS maps as a medium.

The Land Registry uses them as the base for its title plans and electricity, water and gas providers rely upon them to check wayleaves, ownership and access.

It is important to know what an OS map, digital or printed, actually provides; what are its accuracies, what are its limitations, where are the common pitfalls and how can a deeper knowledge of OS help your future operations?

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• A brief history of the OS
• What are 'County Series' maps?
• What are 'National Grid' maps?
• What is 'scale', and why is it important to understand it?
• OS digital maps. What are they? Where have they come from?
• Limitations of OS maps
• Accuracy of OS maps
• What is not shown on OS maps
• What is the difference between 'topographical survey map' and an OS map?
• Some commonly misunderstood OS map symbols
• Parcel numbers, acres, and hectares

This webinar was recorded on 14th April 2022