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Scottish Annual Review 2002–3 Contents

Director General and Chief Executive’s welcome 1 For further information about Ordnance Survey’s activities and products visit www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Our team in Scotland 4 Ordnance Survey Grayfield House Scottish activities report 6 5 Bankhead Avenue EDINBURGH Putting Scotland on the map 8 EH11 4AE Hugh Buchanan Working with government 10 External Relations Manager (Scotland). Phone: 0131 453 5114 Email: [email protected] Our commitment to education 12 Written and designed by Ordnance Survey, Romsey Road, SOUTHAMPTON, Our maps and data in action 14 United Kingdom, SO16 4GU. Customer Contact Centre Phone: 08456 05 05 05 (calls charged at local rate) Textphone: 023 8079 2906 (hearing impaired users only please) Fax: 023 8079 2615 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Trademark acknowledgement Ordnance Survey, the OS Symbol, ADDRESS-POINT, Land-Line.Plus, Landranger, OSCAR, OS MasterMap and Pathfinder are registered trademarks and Explorer, Integrated Transport Network, OS, OS Select, Outdoor Leisure and Routeplanner are trademarks of Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency of Great Britain.

AGI is a registered trademark of the Association for Geographic Information. BBC a registered trademark of The British Broadcasting Corporation. Country Walking is a registered trademark of EMAP Consumer Media Ltd. ESRI is a registered trademark of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

Ordnance Survey acknowledges all other trademarks. Photographic credits Front cover: The Still Moving Picture Company/Doug Corrance – The Italian Centre, Glasgow. Contents page: The Still Moving Picture Company/David Robertson – Coastline at Sheigra. The Still Moving Picture Company/Mark Pepper – Beach at Losgaintir. Tom Mackie – Bow Fiddle Rock. Stephen J Whitehorn – Earsairidh Barra. Page 6: The Scotsman Publications Ltd. Page 7: Dave Pattinson. Page 9: Leica Geosystems Ltd. Page 11: Copyright Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2003. All Parliamentary copyrights are reserved. Page 13: George Logan/SNH. Elgol Primary School. Carmondean Primary School. Page 16: The Still Moving Picture Company/David Robertson – The Monument at Ben Lomond National Memorial Park.

Opt 48299 0603 Director General and Chief Executive’s welcome

I am delighted to introduce this time and efficiency savings and The uses for GI across public review of another successful making services more accessible and private sectors are virtually and diverse year of Ordnance for citizens. limitless, and this review details Survey activity in Scotland. As just a few examples from the an organisation we have Major departments at the heart Scottish Parliament, Scottish experienced twelve exciting of policy making – including the Natural Heritage, Loch Lomond months of growth, Scottish Executive, its agencies and The Trossachs National development and progress that and other central government Park, and the Deer Commission has reflected on all areas of bodies – were included in the for Scotland. our business activity. In agreement. It opened up Scotland the benefits of these widespread, comprehensive We have this year made further initiatives have been passed access to more Ordnance Survey investment in OS MasterMap®, onto our customers, including data than ever before, facilitating our definitive large-scale map the Scottish Executive, by our greater cross-departmental database and online service. The team based in Edinburgh. service and data management launch of three new layers – capabilities. Address, Integrated Transport One of the most significant events Network™ and Imagery – has this year was the signing of the The pilot was hugely successful opened up unprecedented Pilot Pan-government agreement. and very well received, trebling synergy in the way GI is used, by This landmark agreement with the number of government providing an integrated and inter- central government departments departments using our data linked geographical framework. made a wide range of our current across Great Britain to nearly data products accessible for 150. I am pleased to confirm I was particularly delighted to see public-service use, and built on that, following the conclusion of that Dumfries and Galloway the preceding Scottish the pilot year, the arrangements Police have received recognition government Consortium have been formalised in the Pan- for their outstanding work with GI Agreement. The Pilot Pan- government agreement for a and OS MasterMap. Their government agreement signalled further three years until March ground-breaking Intranet-based an important recognition of the 2006. This will allow the seeds of geographical information system benefits of using geographic public-service GI development (GIS), which integrates information (GI) to underpin sown during the pilot year to be OS MasterMap as a fundamental public services, introducing both realised more fully. element, won a runner-up award 2

in the GIS category of the OS MasterMap implementation in In light of this commitment, we Information Management Awards Scotland. South Ayrshire and took a significant step this year in 2002 and an Association for Renfrewshire Councils gave evaluating our business partner Geographic Information (AGI®) presentations about their own programme and creating a new award for Best Practice in Local experiences of using partner community model. The Government. Their work is an OS MasterMap to representatives new programme is designed to excellent example of how GIS from the twenty local and central champion excellence and ensure can speed up emergency service government organisations who that the best solutions and response times, and store and attended the event. The products are available for the analyse data. It also workshop was a great success public sector, utilities markets and demonstrates the vital role and we look forward to holding emerging sectors. Our partners – OS MasterMap plays in the many more for customers in the who include software companies, sophisticated interrogation and near future. systems integrators, consultancies sharing of spatial information. and publishers – will have access In July 2002 we announced that, to more web-based services, In December 2002 I was pleased in partnership with ESRI®, enhanced pre- and post-sales to visit the team at Dumfries and Edinburgh-based software support and the opportunity to Galloway Police to see first-hand company Tadpole-Cartesia had become accredited consultants. how OS MasterMap is helping been awarded the contract to them to record and manage build our next generation of field These improvements will ensure crime data. We reported on their object editing equipment that, together with our partners, GIS in last year’s review, and it (pictured opposite). In September we will be even more responsive was wonderful to see how they I was pleased to visit to customer needs and our have developed their system Tadpole-Cartesia to review the partners can add value to our even further in the space of just work in progress, which is due for data with greater market insight 12 months. completion in 2004. Initiatives and support from us. Our such as this emphasise the dedicated partners in Scotland We held our first OS MasterMap importance of working with our will help to consolidate this technical workshop in Stirling in commercial partners to achieve integrated business approach, September 2002. The event was our Vision for Ordnance Survey bringing the benefits of GI to aimed at those customers who and the location-based services customers across business and are directly involved with industry. the public sector. 3

Children across the country have process of choosing the right also been experiencing the map for outdoor activities such power of geography this year. as horse riding, rambling and Our Free maps for 11-year-olds hill walking with an improved initiative saw more than 50 000 specification and nationally Primary 7 pupils across Scotland consistent sheet areas. receive a 1:25 000 scale Explorer™ or Pathfinder® map to Just as the landscape of use in the classroom and at Scotland sets it apart from the home. In September a formal rest of Great Britain, so the motion was tabled in the Scottish information needs of our Parliament by Dr Sylvia Jackson, customers there are also often congratulating Ordnance Survey distinct. Our team in Scotland, ‘..for the success of the initiative from ground surveyors to and their commitment to parliamentary advisers, are education’. We are repeating the committed to meeting individual scheme this year to encourage customers’ requirements. This more children across the country review gives a flavour of their to take an interest in the world hard work and the resulting around them, and to help them benefits to citizens during with their studies. 2002–3, and I look forward to welcoming you to a similarly The 2003–4 initiative will be diverse period of activity next boosted by the completion of the year. Explorer map roll-out, as all remaining Pathfinder sheets of Scotland were replaced by the orange-covered series in March. The programme of producing a unified range of maps at Vanessa V Lawrence 1:25 000 scale took nine years to Director General complete, and will simplify the and Chief Executive Our team in Scotland

4 Ordnance Survey employs Hugh Buchanan over fifty staff in Scotland. Hugh is Ordnance Survey’s These are some of the faces External Relations Manager in that are most familiar to our Scotland, responsible for creating customers and partners. and maintaining good relations with a wide variety of public Graham Little bodies in Scotland. He has Graham, a Fellow of the Royal worked in GI for 20 years in Scottish Geographical Society, public, private and academic was Operations Manager for sectors. Scotland during 2002–3. He was responsible for all data collection David Henderson activities in Scotland and for David is a Senior Geographic maintaining a high level of Information Consultant with the communication with key Pre and Post Sales Support customers. In March 2003 he (PPSS) team, and is responsible took up the post of Head of Field for PPSS activities in Scotland. Production with overall The PPSS team’s primary responsibility for data collection purpose is to develop and throughout Great Britain. improve our customers’ experience of working with Ordnance Survey digital data, and to enhance our organisation’s understanding of customers’ needs and business drivers.

Graham Little Hugh Buchanan David Henderson Duncan Moss Grant Sinclair 5 Duncan is our Government Grant manages all our local Account Manager for Scotland, government and emergency managing our relationships with service client relationships in central-government customers. Scotland. He also has This includes assisting new responsibility for developing new members of the Pan-government business opportunities within the agreement, supporting NHS. Grant has many years of customers migrating to experience working in sales and OS MasterMap, and helping marketing for Ordnance Survey them to achieve best value from and is a Management member of our data. He works closely with the Institute of Professional Sales. our Pre- and Post-Sales Support Consultants in order to meet Craig Webster customers’ needs. Craig is the Field Sales Representative for Scotland, Mark Robson working closely with all retail Mark, a GI Consultant, works outlets that stock Ordnance alongside David Henderson. Survey products. As our front-line Together they provide advice to sales person, his job is to central and local government maintain relationships with regarding the most appropriate outlets across Scotland and to way to implement Ordnance ensure that our stock levels and Survey data to maximise the display material are to the benefits of GI. highest standard for maximum customer choice.

Duncan Moss Mark Robson Grant Sinclair Craig Webster Scottish activities report

During 2002–3, Ordnance Some changes are predictable in customers has been the Pilot Survey has continued its that they stem from a formal Pan-government agreement. The wide range of roles in public planning and approval response to the agreement was Scotland. The most obvious process (for example, impressive with many is to continuously update our Ardnamurchan High School), departments and agencies taking maps and data to reflect while other changes result from their first steps in incorporating changes to the landscape of progressive natural changes, geographic data into their the country. However, we such as migration of a river business processes. also provide account course, and are less easily management and technical tracked. A variety of sources are In Scotland we have two teams support for our customers, tapped to build up a who work closely with our and remain focused on comprehensive understanding of customers. The first of these is developing our relationships that change. This is then used to our account management team with other public bodies. direct our data collection activity who ensure that our customers where we have, for example, a are aware of developments in Ordnance Survey maintains target of recording major change our products, are exploiting the and updates a record of nearly such as a new housing opportunities offered by the half a billion landscape development within six months of licensing terms governing the features across Great Britain, its completion. Charlie Dawson use of those products, and are held in a master database. This assumes management receiving the data they have model of real-world topography, responsibility for our field licensed accurately and with its many and varied surveying activities in Scotland punctually. The second is our attributes, is the main source with effect from April 2003. consultancy team who work for Ordnance Survey data with customers and products and maps. To Data collection is not an end in organisations considering maintain the database, we itself, but is used to provide the licensing data for the first time. need to identify where and underpinning information for a This team helps our customers when change is taking place, range of uses from which our understand how our data can fit allowing us to deploy our customers, and ultimately all with their business resources effectively and citizens, benefit. One of the main requirements, what technical record change in a timely developments through the year in infrastructure they may require manner. supporting our government to support the data, and what 7 Data collection statistics for Scotland 2002–3

Field revision • Number of houses or equivalent change collected through continuous revision: 65 952. • Number of houses or equivalent change collected through mountain and moorland cyclic revision: 40 789 (6 134 km2 incorporated into the database). • Aerial photographs taken: 4 041.

ADDRESS-POINT® • New addresses matched: approximately 73 000. • Percentage of addresses on the Postcode Address File matched to Ordnance Survey topographic detail: 98.5%.

Positional accuracy improvement (PAI) Minor towns completed during the year: West Linton, Lossiemouth.

Rural revision/PAI Number of km2 completed under the rural revision/PAI programme: 1 200.

Number of houses or equivalent change collected: 9 050.

benefits they can expect to see effective public life. I am pleased from use of GI. to announce that Hugh has recently been appointed as our As a Southampton-based External Relations Manager in organisation with responsibility Scotland. This expanded role will for activities throughout Great allow us to continue to develop Britain, it is essential for us to these important relationships develop and retain a clear with key stakeholders. understanding of the issues where the situation in Scotland is distinct from that elsewhere in the country. This applies equally to high-profile legislation, such as land reform, as it does to Graham E Little essential areas that do not Head of Field Production capture public attention, such as environmental regulation. We develop that understanding through our International and Government Relations team of which I have been a part for several years, latterly working with Hugh Buchanan.

As well as ensuring our understanding of issues in Scotland, this activity also gives us the opportunity to explain to Scottish public bodies how we are developing as an organisation, and how we see that we can contribute to Putting Scotland on the map

At Ordnance Survey we use the In last year’s Annual Report we systematic programme of latest high-tech equipment to outlined our plans to further positional accuracy improvement ensure that our surveying and enhance our most detailed (PAI) is currently in hand to data management processes mapping of Great Britain by improve the quality of this data, remain cutting-edge. This introducing a new generation of making it more compatible with behind-the-scenes activity, field editing and data modern data collection although invisible to end-users, management systems. In July technologies and suitable to is vital as it guarantees that our 2002, following an international meet increasingly demanding customers have access to the tendering process, we signed a customer requirements. most consistent and accurate Memorandum of Understanding mapping framework for a wide with Edinburgh-based GI Out in the field range of private- and solutions company public-sector uses. Tadpole-Cartesia and Licensed Howard Henderson Partner ESRI® to develop the Assistant Manager, Scotland The year covered by this review software and build the Field has seen a number of important Object Editor. This new system – Surveyors in Scotland face many initiatives and developments in which uses remote challenges in capturing and support of this commitment. A communication technology and is maintaining Ordnance Survey significant investment has been planned for implementation in data. These range from the varied the deployment of a dozen sets 2004–5 – will enable the storage geography and the changeable of Global Positioning System and maintenance of mapping in weather to being at the cutting (GPS) equipment into field a seamless environment, rather edge of new technology and offices across Scotland, than in fixed blocks. This means meeting ever-changing customer fundamentally changing our field that our processes will be even requirements. data collection operations and more cost- and time-effective. increasing productivity. GPS now The primary day-to-day task for allows surveyors to determine Technological advancements in surveyors is to record significant their position to a high level of map production are, however, change (new housing, roads, accuracy with minimal set-up presenting us with new commercial and industrial time, providing Ordnance Survey challenges: how to fit even developments) within six months with its most accurate survey higher-accuracy work into of it being ready for survey; in system to date. previously surveyed detail. A other words, as soon as it is safe to do so after the development is traffic calming, one-way street It is interesting to note the impact 9 complete. and other traffic restrictions; of new technology and • supplying specialised surveys continuous improvement of Other tasks include: for Registers of Scotland to working practices and • capturing Prestige Sites, such aid their Registration of Title processes. Just over twenty as the Falkirk Wheel and process; and years ago, surveyors were Scottish Parliament building, in • updating the spelling of dipping bladed pens into bottles time for their official opening; thousands of Gaelic names to of ink to draw up surveys on • maintaining a computerised reflect current Gaelic practice documents made of a specially intelligence system to identify – verified by the Gaelic Names stable plastic. Fifteen years ago, these developments in a Liaison Committee – into the Ordnance Survey in Scotland timely manner; data. employed 113 staff in 14 offices. • maintaining the address Today, with the increase in dataset, which pinpoints every Often working far away from the surveying efficiency, we employ addressable property on the comforts of home or office, about 50 staff in five offices. The digital map; surveyors in Scotland must put surveyor’s role has evolved to • the integration and verification up with the vagaries of the combine human skill with of design data, thereby weather (and the midges!), but complex data handling, making pre-build information coping with the diversity of the managing increasingly intricate available to customers; workload, from the urban central detail that fuels the engine of • the maintenance of belt to the remote Highlands and GIS. As a result, our central OS MasterMap Integrated Islands, is a source of great pride database is more up to date than Transport Network data, such as for those involved. ever before.

What is GPS?

GPS is a positioning and navigation system that uses a constellation of 24 satellites orbiting the Earth. The satellites transmit a signal, picked up by Ordnance Survey’s eighty base stations across Great Britain that ensure resulting measurements fit with existing detail on the map.

To use GPS for mapping the changing landscape, our surveyors take several pieces of equipment with them into the field:

• a hand-held pen computer; • a backpack containing a battery pack and small satellite receiver with an antenna on top of a 2-metre-high pole; and • a second satellite receiver connected to an antenna placed on top of their car.

To be able to work remotely from a base station, the surveyor places one of the receivers on top of their car, which locks onto the signal from the nearest base station. The car then, in effect, becomes a mobile base station. The surveyor can also dial up the local base station using a Global System for Mobile (GSM) data-phone if they are not using a car, enabling them to work directly from the local base station.

Once this has been done, the surveyor holds the receiver pole, which picks up the signal from the base station and transmits the pole’s exact position onto the hand-held computer screen.

This involves a complex calculation based on the time the signal was sent and the time it was received. The position, which is needed in order to plot the location of change, is accurate to within a few centimetres. Working with government

10 Ordnance Survey’s Assembly elections. For the first In September the team International and time the upgraded site shows attended the Scottish National Government Relations team the Scottish and Welsh electoral Party conference in Inverness, continues to actively regions, as well as where the Ordnance Survey demonstrate the benefits of newly-revised electoral ward stand attracted a great deal of geographic information (GI) boundaries in England and interest from MSPs and other to Members of the Scottish Wales. political representatives. With a Parliament and officials at keen interest in local the Scottish Executive. Election officials, candidates government issues, Alasdair Members from across all and party workers are able to Morgan MSP was particularly parties have experienced locate precise administrative interested to hear more about how GI can help deliver more boundaries anywhere in the Pilot Pan-government efficient and accessible Scotland – or the rest of Britain agreement. Similarly, Michael services to the citizen, – by typing in the appropriate Matheson MSP was also develop informed policy and local authority or constituency interested to learn more about improve internal data name. Once the relevant area our wider activities with management systems. maps are displayed on screen, government and business. users can select from up to 10 Other visitors to the stand The launch of our Pilot layers of electoral and included Andrew Welsh MSP Pan-government agreement in administrative boundary and Michael Weir MP. April 2002 was a significant step overlays, down to ward level. towards opening up access to GI Boundaries can be switched on and allowing government officials and off as required, and there is to experience its benefits first also a postcode search facility hand. To promote these that instantly highlights a advantages and support new particular location. users we have been working closely with our commercial The service continues to be partners, as well as the AGI and very popular; the site received the Intra-governmental Group on nearly 300 000 hits in March Geographic Information (IGGI). and April 2003 in the run-up to Through consultancy, events and the elections. We are committed seminars our staff and partners to keeping the election web site have helped users to develop fully up to date, and it can be March 2003 saw the team visit solutions and test the data in a accessed at any time. We will Dundee for the Scottish Labour variety of applications. be making further site Party’s Annual Conference. As enhancements to support the then Scottish Minister for The subsequent European elections in 2004, Tourism, Culture and Sport, Pan-government agreement, including the addition of Mike Watson MSP was keen to which runs from April 2003 to European Electoral Regions. find out about improvements to March 2006, will allow the our small-scale maps, used numerous departments who Party conferences extensively by tourists and trialled data and launched test residents alike. projects during the pilot year to The International and develop their work more fully. Government Relations team We were also able to show exhibits at the main party Anne McGuire MP, Under www.election-maps.co.uk conferences each year; an Secretary of State for Scotland, important communication how her local Stirling Council is Ordnance Survey has always channel in Ordnance Survey’s using mapping on the web to paid close attention to the role political engagement assist planning. With on-stand of the Scottish Parliament. We programme. The conferences literature and computer made significant improvements this year have been particularly demonstrations of our data in to our Election Maps web site in fervent in the run-up to the May action, the IGR team gave a preparation for the elections on elections, with Members even number of MSPs food for 1 May 2003, which coincided more focused on ways to better thought about the value of GI in with local authority and Welsh serve their constituents. joining up public services. 11 The Scottish Parliament

‘The Research Service within the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) provides research and analytical support to Parliamentary Committees and individual MSPs but does not currently provide specialist statistical services. The Parliament signed up to the Pilot Pan-government agreement as part of an overarching project – currently in a pilot phase – to improve the statistical services that SPICe provides to Members. The project aims to explore how SPICe can add value, by providing improved statistical services and enhancing the skills of researchers.

Our team has identified the benefits that GI can offer, providing MSPs with accessible and accurate constituency information. Members have also expressed interest in other geographies such as local authority and health board areas.

The first part of the project – to deliver an enhanced 2003 election results service – has largely been completed. The aim of this element was to:

• provide a higher level of analysis than was provided following the 1999 Scottish Parliament election; • provide geographical analysis at regional and constituency level on various aspects of the results; • improve on the accuracy of the results service to a shorter timescale than previously; • build consensus on the election analysis with external experts; and • provide a comprehensive results briefing within four days of the election.

The BBC® provided a results feed on the night, and the Northern Ireland Assembly worked with the Parliament to build a geographical model for analysing the election results in advance of the election.

Visualisation of the election results enabled rapid analysis and provided the Parliament with some interesting insights. Ten maps were included in the election briefing paper, and our general feeling is that these have added significant value to the analytical process.

The second and ongoing part of the project is to develop a model for delivering statistics at constituency and other geographical levels. The process has helped build a picture of the issues that we will need to address and of the resources that might be needed to develop the statistical services further.

We have a monitoring framework in place, which will assess issues such as demand, impact on our network, effectiveness of delivery mechanisms, infrastructure and support. This will report at the conclusion of the pilot project. However, in trying to find a way forward, it has been apparent that these are the sort of questions that senior management are increasingly seeking answers to in order to ensure that public services such as ours provide the best value for money. Entering into the Pilot Pan-government agreement has helped the Parliament to explore the issues surrounding the delivery of more accessible and user-friendly statistical data.’

SPICe Research, Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament Election 2003 briefing can be found on the Scottish Parliament web site at www.scottish.parliament.uk/research/pub-scotparl.html Our commitment to education

Ordnance Survey has a Ordnance Survey invested in the Ordnance Survey’s preliminary thriving Education department, Free maps for 11-year-olds research discovered that many committed to promoting the scheme as part of its wider schools were using outdated accessibility and enjoyment of commitment to the education maps due to stretched budgets. geography to schoolchildren sector, which includes improving of all ages. The year 2002–3 access to both paper maps and Feedback from schools has been saw the launch of Free maps computerised map data. overwhelmingly positive, and we for 11-year-olds; a are running the initiative for a ground-breaking Ordnance Maps in the curriculum second year in 2003–4. Here is Survey scheme that has how the scheme was received by benefited more than 50 000 Maps are specifically mentioned two very different schools… Primary 7 pupils across in the 5–14 National Guidelines Scotland. for Environmental Studies. The Elgol Primary School, People and Place section of Isle of Skye Following the announcement of Level D states that pupils should the initiative in March 2002, be able to …describe the main Pat Anderson head teachers were features of a range of maps at Head Teacher encouraged to register their different scales, for example, school online in order to receive Ordnance Survey, climate maps, Elgol Primary School is situated a 1:25 000 scale Explorer or population maps, the use of on the shores of Loch Scavaig Pathfinder map for every four-figure grid references. on the Isle of Skye. It was built in 11-year-old pupil. What made 1876 and had 60 pupils at that the scheme particularly There are many invaluable ways time; today we have 18 pupils on significant was that the maps in which maps can be used in our roll, taught by myself, a were provided for the pupils schools. As well as developing half-time teacher and part-time themselves, rather than the concepts of distance, early years classroom assistant. exclusively being a school direction and scale in geography, resource. Schools did gain from they can help with literacy and We are the only eco-school within the initiative, however, as numeracy skills, and give Highland Council, having won our teachers received maps to use confidence in subjects such as green flag award in May 2001 in as classroom aids on a maths, history, citizenship, and recognition of our commitment to teacher-pupil ratio. even computer studies. However, the local environment. As an enjoy looking at the map when map when they went on such 13 they get up, and use it to plan trips. Others use their maps trips into the mountains. He also when walking or cycling to the enjoys identifying local places he shops, football stadium, has come to know since coming swimming pool or nearby to Skye. hospital.

This autumn term we will have The easy peasy lemon squeezy four eleven-year-olds on our roll, leaflet that accompanied the so we are all looking forward to maps was very useful and gave receiving even more Explorer lots of hints on map reading. The maps to help us enjoy our children had also been given beautiful surroundings. cycling maps about the same time by the police, so they were Carmondean Primary School, able to put their new skills to Livingston, West Lothian good use.

Helen McCulloch Office staff have also been able Acting Deputy Head to show school visitors the way around Livingston and routes to Carmondean is a large school in other schools by pointing them the north of Livingston New Town out on one of the teacher’s in West Lothian. We have 420 maps. children between the ages of 5 eco-school our local environment and 12 in school, and a further We have registered for the is particularly important to us. Our 120 children aged 3 and 4 in the scheme this year, so that our new activities are often focused on the nursery. P7s will each receive a free outdoors, helping the children to Explorer map. Hopefully, these understand and appreciate what Our local Explorer map is 349 of will continue to help children take they see around them. Because Falkirk, Cumbernauld and an interest in the local area and we have a multi-composite class, Livingston. We received 66 maps carry through this fascination into our environmental studies work is for our Primary 7 pupils, along the classroom. done on a cyclical basis. Our with three extra maps to use as environmental studies programme teaching aids. The school sits at includes mapping skills such as the foot of Dechmont Law, which compass work, map symbols, the pupils were able to locate on contour lines, coordinates, plus the map. some orienteering. The school is marked on the map We only had one 11-year-old and many pupils could even pupil, David, in September 2002 identify their own house and so we only ordered one map street. The maps also helped through the Free maps for them to point out local landmarks 11-year-olds initiative. Our local such as the high school, golf map is Explorer 411 of club, station, library and surgery. Skye–Cuillin Hills and Soay. David Being a new town, visitors often was really excited to receive his find the road system difficult, but map because the photograph on the children were able to see the the front cover was taken right different patterns of the roads to here on our doorstep. In fact, we help them understand the layout. can see the jetty where the fishing boats come in from the school. The map shows a wide David has recently moved to Skye neighbouring area, and the from the US, and has the map children often visit other family pinned to his bedroom wall. He members in nearby towns. A and his younger brother regularly number of them looked at their Our maps and data in action

14 Ordnance Survey prints millions of paper maps each year, and supplies digital map data for business use in both public and private sectors. But how are our maps and data actually used by the customers who buy or license them? Here are a few examples of our products in action.

Leisure maps

This has been a significant year for our leisure map portfolio. Our 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps are now our biggest selling paper map series. Readers of Country Walking® magazine voted Explorer maps as their favourite accessory under £50, and the series was honoured as Product of the Year at the Go Outdoors Awards.

Every year our paper maps are merged into the Explorer range, Route map (previously known used by thousands of locals and with a yellow flash across the as Routeplanner™), eight visitors to Scotland. Among the orange cover. The nine-year regional Road maps and the most popular Scottish maps this programme of converting redesigned and expanded year were the 1:50 000 scale green-covered Pathfinder maps Tour series for regional OS Landranger Map 41 of Ben to Explorer maps was route-planning, including the Nevis and the Tour map of completed in March 2003 with popular Scotland sheet. Scotland. the publication of the final batch of maps – including the The Deer Commission for In addition, for the first time we most northerly sheet, Explorer Scotland have been able to offer leisure 470 of Unst, Yell and Fetlar. customers the choice of where to The Deer Commission for centre their maps. We launched • OS Landranger Maps Scotland was constituted by the OS Select™ last spring, allowing Ordnance Survey’s popular Deer (Scotland) Act 1996, as the customers to order their own 1:50 000 scale successor to the Red Deer site-centred 1:50 000 scale map OS Landranger Maps are now Commission. It is the online, saying goodbye to being produced under an improved non-departmental public body on the edge of a map sheet. specification with glossy charged with furthering the eye-catching covers. Primary conservation, control and Other developments this year have roads are depicted in green to sustainable management of all rationalised Ordnance Survey’s coincide with road signs, while species of wild deer in Scotland, products, making it easier for new symbols show facilities and keeping under review all customers to understand which such as park and rides, the matters, including welfare, map to buy for their specific National Cycle Network and relating to the animals. needs. These changes include: major tourist attractions. The Commission undertakes a • Explorer maps • OS Travel Map series wide range of activities Customers now have access to To simplify the process of throughout Scotland. As well as one comprehensive choosing a road map, we have exercising a range of regulatory 1:25 000 scale range of maps introduced a new OS Travel functions, it consults and advises for outdoor activities. Outdoor Map series. This series widely on deer management Leisure™ maps have been incorporates the Great Britain issues, promotes and actively off for users, providing a valuable Following two years of feasibility 15 visual resource for information work between 1999 and 2001, and to facilitate deer management. the project was rolled out nationally to all local authorities The Deer Commission for between November 2001 and Scotland has been using GIS for February 2003. Using a range of over two years and, since April Ordnance Survey data, SNH 2002, now has extended access provided each local authority with to Ordnance Survey’s business copies of all the map plots portfolio through the relating to their areas. The local Pan-government agreement. authorities were asked to fill in details of as many routes as Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) possible on the map plots.

The Land Reform (Scotland) Act, Attribute data supplied by local passed in January 2003, authorities was incorporated into establishes a general right of SNH’s GIS, along with access to the countryside in information from other sources Scotland, subject to the right such as Forest Enterprise and being exercised responsibly and the Scottish Rights of Way and with safeguards for privacy, land Access Society’s Catalogue of management and conservation. Rights of Way. Once the data The access legislation requires from all sources was combined, local authorities to produce core each local authority was provided participates in the operation of path plans recorded in map form, with the result for their own area, deer management groups, or by reference to such maps. together with some data for undertakes and commissions adjoining local authorities. research projects, disseminates The Scottish Paths Record (SPR) best practice, works with other is an electronic record of all the The SPR is intended to help agencies on wider policy issues, paths and tracks in Scotland, and local authorities with their and advises Scottish Ministers on will make this process much responsibilities in relation to all deer matters in Scotland. easier. The SPR provides an audit access to the countryside, of known paths, tracks and roads, particularly in the development The Commission also conducts a based mainly upon data from of core path networks, census programme, routinely Ordnance Survey monitoring of paths and for counting deer in a range of (1:10 000 Scale Colour Raster, some path management terrains, both in priority sites and 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster and purposes. The SPR will assist in collaboration with deer OSCAR® roads data), but also with identifying what management groups. Their including additional data from local paths already exist, the use and computer-based GIS has proved authorities and third parties. Roads legal status of these paths, invaluable in the process of have been included because they where there are areas lacking collating, analysing and displaying can provide useful links within path path provision, the different uses the results, which are collected by networks, particularly for cyclists. of paths, and the areas where ground counting, visual counting The SPR includes the lines of the provision needs to be improved. by helicopter and taking routes (the geometry) and attribute Local authorities can make free photographs and infra-red images information about the more use of the SPR for their own from the air. Statistics are fed into important routes (for example, internal business purposes. They the Commission’s GIS and route status and use). can also share the data with overlaid onto Ordnance Survey’s other local authorities, and with 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster The attribute information enables other members of the data. Varying densities of deer are local authorities to select and Pan-government agreement. contrasted and displayed by print out different categories of colour, along with the routes paths according to the attributes As information on core paths walked or flown by the that have been recorded, for becomes available, this will be Commission’s team. Large example, to select all the routes reflected on Ordnance Survey’s 1:50 000 scale maps are printed that are accessible on horseback. Explorer maps. 16

Loch Lomond and The including the population within to support all sections of the Trossachs National Park the park boundary. organisation. In particular, both operational and display activities Scotland’s first National Park, The park boundary bisects will be boosted by enhancing covering Loch Lomond and The administrative and ward their aerial photography stock Trossachs, was established in boundaries, making the with the new OS MasterMap July 2002. It covers 720 square derivation of statistics a more Imagery Layer. miles of some of the finest complex task. The population scenery in parts of Stirling, West calculation used Ordnance The National Park also has the Dunbartonshire, Argyll & Bute Survey’s ADDRESS-POINT responsibilities of a planning and Perth & Kinross Council (which gives a grid reference for authority, and currently uses areas. It contains four areas – each postal address) set against Land-Line.Plus® as background Breadalbane with its high the 2001 census Output Areas mapping to plot planning mountains; the glens and lochs from General Register Office for applications. They anticipate that of The Trossachs; Loch Lomond, Scotland and the population migrating to OS MasterMap will the largest body of fresh water in figures from the 2001 census. make this task more efficient, mainland Britain and overlooked since the data’s polygon by Ben Lomond and the Arrochar Using ADDRESS-POINT with a structure will enable the Alps; and the forests and sea GIS spatial query facility, the recording of applications against lochs of Argyll’s Cowal proportion of addresses in each the Ordnance Survey map Peninsula. Output Area within the National interface to be more automated Park boundary was calculated. and user-friendly. The 25-member National Park An important element of this Authority is a Non-Departmental calculation was the multiple Public Agency reporting to the occupancy count option in the Scottish Parliament, and has a ADDRESS-POINT dataset, remit to deliver four aims: which identifies multiple households served by one front • to conserve and enhance the door. Having calculated these natural and cultural heritage; proportions, the population for • to promote sustainable each Output Area was applied in resource use; order to achieve a total • to promote understanding and population for the National Park. enjoyment of the area; and A similar exercise allowed a • to promote sustainable social population calculation for the 22 and economic well-being. community council areas in the National Park area. This same The Park Authority is developing method is currently being applied the first National Park Plan, to acquire other relevant statistics which will set out policies for from the available census data. managing the whole park area. An accompanying State of the In addition to this project, the Park Report will set out a National Park uses Ordnance baseline of information and data, Survey data at a range of scales Contents

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