Northern Ireland's Mapping Quality Improvements

According to John Wilkinson, LPS chief executive, this initiative supports the vision to provide an integrated Land and Property Service. The quality of LPS' mapping underpins many location-based services and helps implement the NI Geographic Information Strategy. The project will future proof the LPS OSNI large-scale map data, bringing it into line with modern Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and help us deliver better quality data.

A most significant benefit to customers will be the better relationship between LPS OSNI large-scale mapping and customers own GPS positioned information.

There are over 17,000 1:1250 and 1:2500 scale maps to be completed. It will take two years to complete the programme and two external specialist contractors, DSM GeoData and Blom UK have been commissioned to assist LPS with the work.