Ordnance Survey has made sure its mapping can be relied on by surveying critical infrastructure changes to roads and bridges in Cumbria following last month’s flooding.   Surveyors from Ordnance Survey have been in Workington, Cumbria, recently to start the task of mapping the changes after November’s floods. The changes to bridges, Workington Railway Station and the road network will be reflected in their OS MasterMap Topography and Integrated Transport Network Layers from next year, forming a fraction of the c5,000 changes being made to the national mapping agency’s database each day.  

The first changes to be made have been the addition of the new army-built Barker Bridge and the Workington temporary railway station. David Henderson,  Ordnance Survey Product Manager, said, “Although these changes will be temporary, the new bridge and railway station will remain in place for some time, and it is important to provide updated mapping to support those managing the general recovery of the area from the terrible impact of November’s floods.

“As and when the bridge and station are more permanently restored, we will ensure that our data is updated again.”

Additionally, changes have been made to Ordnance Survey’s road network information, which is used in a wide range of transport information and vehicle routing applications.

Ordnance Survey has worked with Cumbria County Council to identify the changes that need to be made. Through continued liaison with the local authority all the other bridges in the county that are still closed, condemned or collapsed will also be recorded and updated as required. The map updates have already been made available to those local authorities, government departments, emergency services, businesses and people who continue to rely on Ordnance Survey data each day.