British Ordnance Survey

organisation that creates maps of Great Britain
Organization state_owned_enterprise Q548721
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British Ordnance Survey

Summary

British Ordnance Survey is a state-owned enterprise[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of state_owned_enterprise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Ordnance Survey was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[3].
  • British Ordnance Survey was a member of Open Geospatial Consortium[4].
  • British Ordnance Survey was a member of EuroGeographics[5].
  • British Ordnance Survey was a member of British and Irish Committee on Map Information and Cataloguing Systems[6].
  • British Ordnance Survey is in the country of United Kingdom[7].
  • British Ordnance Survey's instance of is recorded as state-owned enterprise[8].
  • British Ordnance Survey's instance of is recorded as national mapping agency[9].
  • British Ordnance Survey's headquarters location is recorded as Explorer House[10].
  • British Ordnance Survey's Commons category is recorded as Ordnance Survey[11].
  • +1791-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Ordnance Survey[12].
  • British Ordnance Survey's official website is recorded as https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/[13].
  • British Ordnance Survey's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ordnance Survey[14].
  • British Ordnance Survey's described at URL is recorded as https://eurogeographics.org/member/ordnance-survey/[15].
  • British Ordnance Survey's different from is recorded as Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland[16].
  • British Ordnance Survey's exact match is recorded as https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-02xqyv944[17].
  • British Ordnance Survey's SPARQL endpoint URL is recorded as http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/datasets/os-linked-data/apis/sparql[18].
  • British Ordnance Survey's has works in the collection is recorded as National Library of Wales[19].
  • British Ordnance Survey's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+60847'}[20].
  • British Ordnance Survey's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+63220'}[21].
  • British Ordnance Survey's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+64563'}[22].

Body

Founding

+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Ordnance Survey[12].

Operations

British Ordnance Survey's headquarters location is recorded as Explorer House[10].

Why It Matters

British Ordnance Survey ranks in the top 7% of state_owned_enterprise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . ogc.org. Retrieved . ogc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . eurogeographics.org. Retrieved . eurogeographics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . cartography.org.uk. cartography.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . The merger of the Photogrammetric Society and the Remote Sensing Society. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . eurogeographics.org. Retrieved . eurogeographics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . FindThatCharity.uk. Retrieved . findthatcharity.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Pigsonthewing · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Country United Kingdom
    Inception +1791-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Has works in the collection National Library of Wales
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4081]]: 241271, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/176065285|Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. (#176065285)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6686|B"
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