‘Location is the obvious way to connect data’: I spoke to Ordnance Survey CEO Nick Bolton on the challenges of turning a 225-year-old institution into an AI powerhouse
THE SO WHAT
A 225-year-old mapping agency leaning into AI is a case study in how incumbents with deep, structured data can become infrastructure, not just licensors. If you sit on high-quality domain data, the move now is to build location- or context-centric AI services on top, not just sell datasets.
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