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[The Guardian says...] The heart of our argument is twofold. First, the government should not run businesses. The civil service is too inflexible to cope with the speed of change in the commercial sector. If a company like Microsoft finds it difficult to adjust to a world of online applications, how much harder is it for a government department rooted in paper-based processes?
Ordnance Survey is a leading edge, technologically driven organisation and a world leader in the national mapping agency sector. We were early pioneers of digital technology, beginning the digitising of Britain's large-scale map data as long ago as 1971. We now create and maintain one of the world's largest geospatial databases. In all aspects of our work, from data collection to product management, we champion innovation in what we do. Our field staff, for example, have built Britain's largest civilian network of GPS correction stations, generating centimetre level positioning and dramatic operational efficiencies. Our data contains better currency and accuracy. Our delivery systems are more technologically driven than ever before and most of these investments have come since trading fund status while during the 1990s we were under funded and could not invest in a timely way.
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