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Investigating digitised mapping techniques

By: Language: English Series: Chartered Surveyor Weekly ; 21(7) 12 November 1987, 29-30(2)Publication details: 1987Subject(s): Summary: Reports on the work of digitising mapping data in Britain, which started in 1975 but only became a national priority three or four years ago. Describes the digitising of the National Grid by the Ordnance Survey , efforts by local authorities , notably Cheshire and Dudley to digitise planning data and a field trial of a digital records base carried out by the National Joint Utilities Council in 1982. Concludes with a look at work being carried out by Pinpoint Analysis to pinpoint the precise geographic position, to within 1 metre of every address in Britain.

Reports on the work of digitising mapping data in Britain, which started in 1975 but only became a national priority three or four years ago. Describes the digitising of the National Grid by the Ordnance Survey , efforts by local authorities , notably Cheshire and Dudley to digitise planning data and a field trial of a digital records base carried out by the National Joint Utilities Council in 1982. Concludes with a look at work being carried out by Pinpoint Analysis to pinpoint the precise geographic position, to within 1 metre of every address in Britain.