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  2. Ordnance Survey - Wikipedia

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    The British Geological Survey was founded in 1835 as the Ordnance Geological Survey under Henry De la Beche, and remained a branch of the Ordnance Survey until 1965. At the same time, the uneven quality of the English and Scottish maps was being improved by engravers under Benjamin Baker .

  3. William Roy - Wikipedia

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    Close (1969) The early years of the Ordnance Survey. First published in 1924. Includes some of Roy's letters. Hewitt (2011) Map of a Nation: a biography of the Ordnance Survey. Owen & Pilbeam (1992) Ordnance Survey, map makers to Britain since 1791. Available online. Seymour (1980) A History of the Ordnance Survey.

  4. Stanfords - Wikipedia

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    The store on Long Acre in Covent Garden, central London, was the location of the company's printing business [4] before the entire operation moved there in January 1901. [ 5 ] Stanfords was hit by an incendiary bomb on the night of 15 April 1941 and it only survived due to the thousands of Ordnance Survey maps tightly stacked on the shop's ...

  5. James Gardner (surveyor) - Wikipedia

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    With his appointment to Ordnance Survey in 1823, Gardner was given an allowance of £100 per year for three years. His contract required Gardner to find a home and a "handsome shop" in London's West End. [1] His shop was at 163 Regent Street, [5] [6] [7] moving to 33 Brewer Street in Golden Square upon retirement in 1840. [8] [9]

  6. List of online map services - Wikipedia

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    "OS Maps", by Ordnance Survey. OpenStreetMap - covers the whole country "StreetMap", by Streetmap EU Ltd, at streetmap.co.uk - covers the whole country; United States. Apple Maps - covers the whole country; Bing Maps – covers the whole country; Google Maps - covers the whole country; Libre Map Project; MapQuest - covers the whole country

  7. Ramsden surveying instruments - Wikipedia

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    After completion of the Anglo-French Survey this instrument was stored at the Royal Society, but in 1799 the Board of Ordnance requested its use for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain. On completion of the Survey the theodolite was stored in the headquarters of the Ordnance Survey at Southampton where it was destroyed in the bombing ...

  8. OS MasterMap - Wikipedia

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    The OS MasterMap is the premier digital product of the Ordnance Survey. It was launched in November 2001. It was launched in November 2001. It is a database that records every fixed feature of Great Britain larger than a few meters in one continuous digital map .

  9. Charles Close - Wikipedia

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    Colonel Sir Charles Frederick Arden-Close, KBE CB CMG FRS [1] (10 August 1865 – 19 December 1952) was a British geographer and surveyor.He was Director General of the Ordnance Survey from 1911 to 1922.