Innovators scoop top prizes at transport awards

Following a day of drama and excitement at Ordnance Survey’s Southampton head office, the winners of the GeoVation Challenge, ‘How can we improve transport in Britain’ have been decided.

The winners share a prize fund of £160,000, which includes £10,000 for the best use of Ordnance Survey’s free mapping service, OS OpenData. They will now begin work bringing their ventures to life.

And the winners are…

• Mission:Explore were awarded £36,500 for their idea to encourage children and their families to cycle by inviting them to seek out and complete irreverent, geography-themed ‘missions’ located across the National Cycle Network. The team also won an additional £1,000 prize after winning the Community Award, as voted for by the audience.

• My PTP, which stands for Personal Transport Planner, also took home a cheque for £36,500 to help build their vision of a journey planner that enables businesses and consumers to make

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Gazetteer and PSMA Licensing Information Days

These information days are intended to update you about developments in these key areas, answer questions and receive feedback.

The morning session of each day will be a technical session aimed at LLPG and LSG custodians, although SN&N officers and local authority ALOs will also be welcome (morning agenda).

There are 2 afternoon sessions; a PSMA session and a 'Data Surgery' (afternoon agenda).

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