Maps are child’s play with Digimap for Schools
At the start of this autumn term hundreds of schools across Great Britain began the new academic year by signing up to use a new online mapping service designed specifically for the classroom. With its...
View ArticleDigimap for Schools wins national Gold award
We were really pleased when Digimap for Schools won Gold in the annual Geographical Association Awards recently. The award was made in recognition of the fact that it represents a major step forward in...
View ArticleBETT …you love Digimap for Schools!
Last week (and over the weekend) our Education team have been manning an exhibition stand at Olympia in London, taking the opportunity to talk to teachers about geography, mapping, GI and our Digimap...
View ArticleTeaching geography in schools with Digimap for Schools
Our Education team have been running a series of twilight workshops for teachers aimed at showing them how to make the best use of Ordnance Survey’s mapping in the classroom. The most recent sessions...
View ArticleUsing Ordnance Survey maps in the classroom – sign up for our free sessions
Ordnance Survey maps remain an important part of the National Curriculum for geography across the key stages. As many of us, and particularly our children, are now used to accessing maps online, it’s...
View ArticleHistoric maps layer now available in Digimap for Schools
If you hadn’t heard about it before, Digimap for Schools is a fantastic service available to all schools in Great Britain, giving teachers and pupils access to a wide range of our maps, from our most...
View ArticleDigimap for Schools reaches 2000 subscribers
The Digimap for Schools service has hit a milestone with 2,000 primary and secondary schools now signed up. This gives hundreds of thousands of pupils access to the latest Ordnance Survey digital data,...
View ArticleDigimap for Schools launch 1950s maps of Britain
Fantastic news for Digimap for Schools users – a second historic map layer has been added in. Teachers and students using the popular online map service can now directly compare maps of the 1890s, the...
View ArticleSchool #wildlifemap competition with Steve Backshall
Some of you will know that we’ve teamed up with EDINA for an exciting competition featuring Digimap for Schools and our #GetOutside champion Steve Backshall. Combining geography, wildlife and...
View ArticleDigimap for Schools competition winner announced
Thank you to all of the schools who entered our exciting competition with EDINA featuring Digimap for Schools and our #GetOutside champion Steve Backshall. Combining geography, wildlife and...
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