Our phones are turning map reading into a lost art
Letters: Readers respond to Ned Vessey’s article about ending his reliance on Google directions
November 2023
How street names can avoid preposterous apostrophes
Letters: Readers assist a letter writer asking for the correct punctuation for addressing letters to Butchers Road in Canning Town, London
October 2023
Britons go map-crazy, with geographical games and books becoming bestsellers
London tube game Metro Memory is a surprise hit, with geography books also finding favour with readers
August 2023
A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good?
Engineers’ work on cycling and public transit have transformed the app – but rural directions remain a sticking point
July 2023
Brief letters
The acting BBC chair isn’t just part of the furniture
Brief letters: Elan Closs Stephens | Tony Blair and Iraq | Britain abroad | Pacific gains | Dog-unfriendly
June 2023
Britain’s 10 most popular walks – according to the OS map app
Ordnance Survey reveals the hikes most enjoyed by the British public over the past 12 months, according to its app
February 2023
Signs of the times: Ordnance Survey to consult on new map symbols
Mapmaker suggests symbols could be added for bike repair shops, dog waste bins or river access points
January 2023
Chartbuster: cyclist rides 7,000 miles across every Ordnance Survey map
Other lives
Dick Knowles obituary
October 2022
Six of the best city walks in Britain, chosen by Ordnance Survey map users
From Cardiff to Edinburgh, here are OS users’ favourite urban and countryside rambles. Just download the app and you’re on your way
July 2022
Three-quarters of UK adults can’t read a map – here’s how to get better
A study by Ordnance Survey to coincide with National Map Reading Week paints a sorry picture of our navigation skills. But there are ways to improve …
January 2022
Conversations with experts
Should the world map be more realistic? We ask an expert
Geography professor Donald Houston on why the 16th-century projection that exaggerates the western world and diminishes the size of Africa is misleading
Mapping fiction: the complicated relationship between authors and literary maps
In a new exhibition, the long, difficult history of literary maps is explored, from James Joyce to Raymond Chandler
Other lives
Simon Lewty obituary
Other lives: Artist whose work contained elements of cartography and large blocks of text
December 2021
French coast: the early explorers who sparked British fears of a Francophone Australia
Maps of Renaissance Tuscany on show for first time in 20 years
