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The Interview: Ordnance Survey CEO on AI reinventing maps
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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 and Google, why it’s building a map you can talk to, and how AI is changing geospatial mapping.
The Interview is our weekly conversation with the people shaping the future of technology.
Get in touch: techpod@thetimes.co.uk
Presenters:
- Katie Prescott, Technology Business Editor, The Times
- Danny Fortson, US West Coast Correspondent, The Sunday Times
Producer: Marnie Duke
Video Producer: Bronwen Latham
Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia
Image: Ordnance Survey
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