"From today, a selection of our surveyors, field staff and technical experts will be tweeting live as the update the nation’s mapping.

"We make around 5000 changes a day to the digital mastermap of Great Britain, so there’s a lot going on – from the farthest reaches of Scotland and the Welsh peaks, to inner city London."

Good stuff.

"We thought it would be interesting to hook up an Microsoft Xbox Kinect to work with our mapping, letting you control maps on screen using simply gestures. This video shows how we got on and all I’ll say is that with moves like this, the GeoDoctor must be a real goer on the dancefloor…"<br />
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Clever, clever, clever.