UK Mapping Links

(maps, digital data, societies, universities, libraries)

(extracted from: Mapping and Imaging Web Links by Prof. G. Petrie, University of Glasgow)

UK Mapping Organisations

British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham
National Land Information Service, London
Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (OSGB), Southampton
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast
Scottish Land Information Service (SCOTLIS)
IUGG - International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics

U.K. Mapping  Societies

British Cartographic Society (BCS)
Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG)
The Hydrographic Society
ICES - Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
Remote Sensing & Photogrammetric Society (RSPSoc)
TSA - The Survey Association
RICS - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RIG - Remote Imaging Group
RIN - Royal Institute of Navigation
Society of Cartographers (SOC)
The Stereoscopic Society

U.K. Map Publishers & Producers

Alba Cartographics, Thornhill, Stirling, Scotland - Ornamental Scottish Maps
Bartholomew, Glasgow, Scotland - Mapping Solution Providers
Business Maps Ltd., Godalming, Surrey
Colourmap Scanning Ltd., Surbiton, Surrey
Cook Hammond & Kell Group
CycleCity Guides, Frome, Somerset - Cycle Map Publishers
Geographers A-Z Map Co. Ltd., Sevenoaks, Kent - UK Road Maps, UK Street Map Supplier
George Philip, London
Global Mapping, Brackley, Northants - Map Publishing
Harvey Maps, Doune, Perthshire, Scotland
Latitude Cartography, Moretonhampstead, Devon
Lovell Johns Cartographic Services, Oxford
Oxford Cartographers, Eynsham, Oxford
Peel Land Surveys, Sheffield - Orienteering, Walking & Cycling Maps
Robertson Research International Limited, Llandudno, North Wales - Digital Cartographic & GIS Unit
Stirling Surveys, Stirling, Scotland
XYZ Digital Map Company, Glasgow,Scotland
LANDMAP - Britain from Space - Univ. College, London & Univ. of Manchester

Geographic, Cartographic & Spatial Data Suppliers

Beacon Dodsworth, York - Geographical Administrative Boundaries; PostView Points & Boundaries; Market Analysis
Business Geographics, Covent Garden, London
CACI Ltd. London - Demographic, Marketing & Mapping Data Sets
Color Landform Atlas of U.S.A. - FTP Site @ SunSITE, Imperial College, Univ. of London
The Data Depot (CACI Ltd.) - Demographic, Marketing & Mapping Data for the U.K. & Europe
DataStore, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Directions Ltd., Sevenoaks, Kent - InfoMap GB, InfoMap Europe, etc.
EasyMap plc, London & Portsmouth, Hampshire - Internet Maps
Edinburgh Univ. Data Library (EDINA) - Maps & Data Place - DIGIMAP - OS Digital Map Data to UK Higher Education
eMapSite (formerly GISL), Egham, Surrey - Online Raster Map Data
Europa Technologies Ltd., Esher, Surrey (Global Insight, Global Discovery, Global Profile, etc)
Geoplan, Harrogate, North Yorkshire (Postcode, Business, Admin. Data, etc.)
Geopubs, Minehead, Somerset - Worldwide Geodata
GeoStore (Infoterra UK Ltd.), Barwell, Leicestershire
High Country Software, llford, Essex - Mobile Maps - Map-Search, Map-Spider, gstart
Kingswood MapMechanics Ltd., Brentford, London (AA Map Data; Demographic & Retail Data; etc.)
Landmark Information Group Ltd., Exeter, Devon - OS, BGS, Environment Agency Data for Environmental Risk Assessment
Location Maps Ltd., Banbury, Oxfordshire
Maptitude (Caliper Corporation) - Demographic and Mapping GIS Data Sets
Multimap, London
National Geospatial Data Framework, c/o O.S., Southampton, (Metadata)
National Land Information Service, Plymouth (Land & Property Information)
National Map Centre, London
Overview Mapping Ltd., Weedon, Northants
PointX Ltd., Southampton - 'Points of Interest' Location-Based Data Set
Psion Place - Series 3 City Guides: Geographical Database
Prodat Systems plc, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire - Promap (OS-Based) Digital Mapping
Univ. of Berne, Switzerland - The Ryhiner Map Collection

UK Map Libraries

British Library, London - Map Collections
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh - Map Library
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth - Map Collection
Univ. of Oxford - Bodleian Library - Map Room

UK Universities & Colleges

Surveying & Mapping (+Geomatics)

Univ. of East London - School of Surveying
Univ. of Glasgow - Topographic Science
Univ. of Leeds - Civil Engineering Research Institute (CERI) - Surveying & Photogrammetry
Univ. of London, Univ. College - Dept. of Geomatic Engineering
Univ. of London, Imperial College - Imperial College Engineering Geomatics Group (ICEGG)
Loughborough Univ. - Land Surveying Research Group
Univ. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Dept. of Geomatics
Univ. of Nottingham - The Institute of Engineering Surveying & Space Geodesy (IESSG)
Nottingham Trent Univ. - Dept.of Civil Eng. - Surveying for Engineering Degree Programme
Univ. of Wales, Bangor - School of Ocean Sciences

Remote Sensing & GIS

Univ. of Aberdeen - Dept. of Geography & Environment -Diploma/M.Sc. in Environmental Remote Sensing
Bath Spa Univ. Coll., Bath - B.Sc. in Remote Sensing & GIS
Univ. of Cambridge - M.Phil. in GIS & Remote Sensing
Univ. of Cambridge - Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) - Remote Sensing Group
City Univ., London - Masters in Geographic Information
Cranfield Univ. (Silsoe College) - Cranfield Centre for Geographical Information Management
De Montford Univ., Leicester - Faculty of Computing Science & Engineering - Geomatics Unit (Radar Altimetry & GIS)
Univ. of Dundee - Centre for Remote Sensing & Environmental Monitoring
Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich - School of Environmental Sciences GIS
Univ. of Edinburgh - Diploma/Master's in GIS
Univ. of Edinburgh - GIS Parallel Architectures Laboratory
Univ. of Greenwich -The Centre of GIS & Remote Sensing
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh - Dept. of Physics - Remote Sensing
Kingston Univ. - Kingston Centre for GIS
Lancaster Univ. - GIS & Remote Sensing (G-Res) Research Group
Univ. of Leeds - M.A. in GIS (N.B. Also M.Sc. in GIS)
Univ. of Leicester Earth Observation Science Group, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Univ. of Leicester - M.Sc. in Geographical Information Systems
Univ. of London, Birkbeck College - M.Sc. in Geographic Information Science (GISc)
Univ. of London, Kings College - Image Processing Group
Univ. of London, Univ. Coll. - Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA)
Univ. of London, Univ. Coll. - Dept. of Geomatic Engineering - Post-Grad. Diploma/MSc in GIS
Univ. of London, Univ. Coll. - Dept. of Space & Climate Physics - Centre for Polar Observation & Modeling (CPOM)
Univ. of London, Univ. Coll. & Imperial Coll. - M.Sc. in Remote Sensing
Univ. of Manchester, School of Geography - M.A. in GIS for Social Analysis
Manchester Metropolitan Univ. - BSc (Hons) Geographical Information Science
Manchester Metropolitan Univ. - Post-Grad. Cert./ Post-Grad. Diploma/ M.Sc. by Distance Learning
Univ. of Northumbria, Divison of Geography & Env. Management - Earth Observation Group
Univ. of Nottingham - M.Sc. & Diploma in Geographic Information Science
Univ. of Nottingham - School of Geography - GIS Sciences Research Group
Oxford Brookes Univ. - Oxford Centre for Cartography and Geographical Information Systems
Univ. of Portsmouth - B.Sc. in GIS
Univ. of Portsmouth - M.Sc./PgD/PgC in GIS
Univ. of Portsmouth - MSc/PgD/PgC Land Information Management & Mapping
Queen's Univ. Belfast - School of Geography - GIS/Imaging Unit
Univ. of Salford, Telford Institute of Environmental Systems - Remote Sensing & Hydrometeorology
Univ. of Salford - Postgraduate Diploma & M.Sc. Courses in GIS
Univ. of Sheffield - Sheffield Centre for Earth Observation Science (SCEOS)
Univ. of Sheffield - Sheffield Centre for Geographic Information & Spatial Analysis (SCGISA)
Univ. of Southampton - GeoData Institute
Univ. of Southampton - Remote Sensing - Research: sensor, process, region
Univ. of Surrey, Guildford - Centre for Satellite Engineering Research (CSER) - Remote Sensing Group
Univ. of Wales, Swansea - Environmental Modelling & Earth Observation Group
UNIGIS UK (Huddersfield, Manchester Metropolitan & Salford Universities)
The GIS Research UK (GISRUK) Home Page
Scotland's National Learning Network (NLN) for Remote Sensing - Univs. of Paisley, Dundee & Edinburgh
(extracted from: Mapping and Imaging Web Links by Prof. G. Petrie, University of Glasgow)

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