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The Ordnance Survey is asking its users to propose new symbols for its paper and digital maps, the Sunday Times<\/em><\/a> reports<\/a> [paywalled; \uf8ff News+<\/a>]. \u201cThe national mapping agency is suggesting a list of potential updates, such as caf\u00e9s, dog-waste bins and bicycle repair shops, as well as annotations to alert wheelchair and pushchair users about paths that have stiles. It may also include defibrillators once there is a reliable register.\u201d Symbols were last updated in 2015. The Times<\/em> article quotes a number of people who point out that the OS map could stand more radical change: among other things, there are still no separate symbols for non-Christian places of worship. See also the Guardian<\/em>\u2019s coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ordnance Survey is asking its users to propose new symbols for its paper and digital maps, the Sunday Times reports [paywalled; \uf8ff News+]. \u201cThe national mapping agency is suggesting a list of potential updates,… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,389],"tags":[88,287,71],"class_list":["post-1812621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","category-national-maps","tag-ordnance-survey","tag-topo-maps","tag-uk","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":876,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/02\/the-ordnance-survey-maps-mars\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812621,"position":0},"title":"The Ordnance Survey Maps Mars","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 February 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The Ordnance Survey has\u00a0created a map of Mars. \"The one-off Ordnance Survey Mars map, created using NASA open data and made to a 1:4,000,000 scale, is\u00a0made to see if our style of mapping has potential for future Mars missions.\"\u00a0It looks very much like a topographic map of Mars might; the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"os-mars-full","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/os-mars-full-1024x878.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/os-mars-full-1024x878.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/os-mars-full-1024x878.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/os-mars-full-1024x878.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2930,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/ordnance-survey-announces-national-map-reading-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812621,"position":1},"title":"Ordnance Survey Announces National Map Reading Week","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 September 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The Ordnance Survey is launching a National Map Reading Week, to be held 17-23 October 2016, aimed at improving people's map-reading skills. 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