Today, we are launching a brand new competition for 2015 – OS Photofit – and we can’t wait for budding photographers across Britain to get involved!

To support our recent brand refresh and in light of the revival in sales of our paper maps, we are looking for inspiring photographs of Britain’s stunning rural and urban landscapes to take pride of place on the covers of our paper maps for some of the most popular tourist destinations and biggest cities across Great Britain.

Whether it’s flowing rivers, modern buildings, views of a valley or life in the city, we want to show that Great Britain is a beautiful place to enjoy and explore. What better way to do this than on the front covers of our iconic OS Explorer Outdoor Leisure series maps!

This is a ‘money can’t buy’ opportunity and a chance for our customers’ favourite photographs and beauty spots to feature on the shelves of high street retailers, local book shops, tourist information centres, as well as in homes and, most importantly, in the pockets and rucksacks of budding explorers. Nick Giles, Managing Director at Ordnance Survey Ltd

How can you enter?

Between now and Monday 9 March, you can submit your entries directly to the OS Photofit website; don’t forget to share and vote using the hashtag #OSphotofit for the Outdoor Leisure series.

What can you win?

By submitting an entry, you can be in with a chance of not only having your photograph on the front of an Ordnance Survey map but also receiving a complimentary customised map featuring your image and a free subscription to Ordnance Survey’s online mapping service – OS getamap.

Judging of competition entries for the Outdoor Leisure series will take place in March, with an expert panel of judges choosing the winners from a shortlist of entries selected through online voting by the public. To encourage votes for your entry, why not share your entry with your friends and family and get them involved too?

Expanding the competition (and your chance to win)

Over the course of 2015 you’ll be able to enter photos covering all of our ranges of our paper maps. We’ll share details of competition deadline and areas we need regularly, so keep your eyes peeled on the Ordnance Survey blog and Facebook/Twitter pages.

At the end of the year, once the competition has closed and we have selected winners for all of our paper maps, our judges will choose their favourite entry – the ‘winner of winners’ – who will win a fabulous holiday in Great Britain.

What are you waiting for? Submit your photographs now!

Competition T&Cs

Update – 11 February

We’ve had a fantastic response to our #OSphotofit competition over the last few days with entries flooding in from across Britain. We’ve also had some of you get in touch with questions about the competition and the terms and conditions. #OSphotofit is aimed at budding photographers who enjoy exploring the outdoors and capturing Britain’s beauty – and would love to see their photo on the map.

We’ve now tweaked our terms and conditions to provide us with the necessary licence from you to put the winning photos on our maps and also use them for associated marketing and other business purposes. For any photos not chosen to be on our map covers, while we ask for a licence to use them on our website and social media channels during the time of the competition, we don’t ask for any further licence rights over them. If OS did want to use the photos in the future, we would get in touch via the email provided to enter the competition to discuss appropriate terms.

We hope that clears everything up and do keep entering and voting for #OSphotofit.