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DECC predict smart meter network coverage

This case study describes how Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) worked with Ordnance Survey (OS) as part of its Smart Meter 868MHz HAN trial to predict the number of premises at which a 868MHz HAN solution would work.
Through this OS supplied a tabular, spatially-derived datas...

Northern Gas Networks increases efficiencies through business process automation

Northern Gas Networks (NGN) is the gas distributor for the North of England, supplying 2.7 million homes and businesses. Geospatial solutions are fundamental to NGN’s daily operations, including representing the accurate positions of assets – data that is vital for emergency response,...

SSE uses OS MasterMap to maintain 48,500km of powerlines

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) maintains 48,500km of high-voltage overhead power lines supported by wooden poles in Great Britain.
Ordnance Survey (OS) helped SSE to locate problems more efficiently, without the need for multiple site visits, as described in this case study.

OS working with DECC to secure affordable energy supplies

Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) works with Ordnance Survey (OS) to make sure the UK has secure, clean and affordable energy supplies.
DECC has combined data from a number of different sources to create the National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED) which is used to eff...

Helping Northumbrian Water create the first underground utilities map

Delivering estimated savings of around £1 million, Northumbrian Water and Ordnance Survey (OS) created the first Underground Infrastructure Hub for the North East.
Northumbrian Water provides water and wastewater services to just under 4.4 million people.
In 2018 it asked OS...

OS finding smarter energy solutions for Milton Keynes

Supporting local economic growth in Milton Keynes with geospatial data.
Ordnance Survey (OS) provides geospatial datasets to help the MK:Smart Future Cities project in Milton Keynes.
MK:Smart Future Cities project (MK:Smart) is a large collaborative initiative, partly funded by HEFC...