ORDNANCE Survey has launched its latest product - Superplan Data.

Demonstrations of the computerised mapping system were given to local architects, engineers, construction industry professionals, estate managers and estate agents at Lancashire Cricket Club.

A spokesman said Superplan Data was "site-centred large-scale mapping on floppy disk for use in CAD systems."

It is about to be available on demand through a network of 30 Superplan Agents, including one in Manchester.

The whole of Britain is mapped by Ordnance Survey and the information is held on a central computer database at its Southampton headquarters.

New information supplied by a team of 600 field-surveying staff across the country is added daily.

The latest mapping of anywhere in the country can be displayed on a screen at the Superplan shops which are linked to the national database.

Customers define their requirements for the data, which has a minimum price of £75 plus VAT.

Product Manager Rachel Brown said: "Superplan Data is ideal for site maps, project planning and design, feasibility studies, planning applications and for illustrating presentations and reports."

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