Ordnance Survey map

Ordnance Survey map
any of a large series of high quality, detailed maps of Great Britain produced in a variety of scales originally for military, but now for leisure or business use

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  • ordnance survey map — UK US noun [countable] [singular ordnance survey map plural ordnance survey maps] a very detailed official map of a part of the UK http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/ordnance survey map.htm The …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ordnance Survey map — Ordnance Survey maps N COUNT An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map making organization …   English dictionary

  • Ordnance Survey map — Ordnance Survey .map n BrE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Because the maps were originally made for the department responsible for ordnance: ordnance military materials (14 20 centuries), from Old French ordenance] a map which shows all the roads,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ordnance survey map — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms ordnance survey map : singular ordnance survey map plural ordnance survey maps a very detailed official map of a part of the UK …   English dictionary

  • ordnance survey map — noun (C) BrE a map which shows all the roads, paths, hills etc of an area in detail …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Ordnance Survey — Welsh: Arolwg Ordnans Non ministerial government department overview Formed 1791 ( …   Wikipedia

  • Ordnance Survey — Das Hauptgebäude des Ordnance Survey in Maybush, Southampton Der Ordnance Survey ist eine ausführende Behörde der Regierung des Vereinigten Königreiches. Er ist verantwortlich für die nationale Landesvermessung Großbritanniens[1] und …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ordnance Survey International — Formerly Directorate of Colonial Surveys Directorate of Overseas Surveys Ordnance Survey (Overseas Surveys Directorate) Formation 1946 Extinction 2001 (55 years) Type GO Purpose/focus Provided a central survey an …   Wikipedia

  • Ordnance Survey Ireland — (OSi; Irish: Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) is the national mapping agency of the Republic of Ireland and, together with the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (O.S.N.I.), succeeded, after 1922, the Irish operations of the United Kingdom… …   Wikipedia

  • Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland — (OSNI) was the official mapping agency of Northern Ireland. The agency ceased to exist separately on 1 April 2008 when it became part of Land and Property Services Northern Ireland, an executive agency of the Northern Ireland Department of… …   Wikipedia

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