The Interview: Ordnance Survey CEO on AI reinventing maps
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The Interview: Ordnance Survey CEO on AI reinventing maps

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 26, 202628 min

Ordnance Survey might just be the oldest tech company around. For 235 years, it has been mapping out every single metre of the UK – no matter how remote. And that data plays a huge part in how we use technology today; think of the many apps we use that rely on maps. The average person in the UK uses some element of Ordnance Survey mapping data 42 times a day. Its CEO, Nick Bolton, joins Danny and Katie to discuss how the company has evolved from the days of paper maps to supplying to the likes of Apple an...

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