OS data gives reality to a virtual world
OS follows up its Minecraft map success to make a virtual Ben Nevis for Oculus and cardboard.The spectacular setting of Ben Nevis provides the backdrop for an Oculus Rift game created by Ordnance Survey developers, in which players race against the clock to find a hidden trig pillar. The recreation of Britain’s highest mountain has been constructed by OS in 1:4 scale using OS data and covers an area of 10km x 10km. Britain’s mapping agency, with a 224 year history of collecting and using data in imaginative and useful ways, has today also released a virtual reality (VR) tour of the same