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Ordnance Survey — Welsh: Arolwg Ordnans Non ministerial government department overview Formed 1791 ( … 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 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 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
Ordnance survey — Ordnance Ord nance, n. [From OE. ordenance, referring orig. to the bore or size of the cannon. See {Ordinance}.] Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ordnance Survey map — Ordnance Survey .map n BrE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Because the maps were originally made for the department responsible for ordnance: ordnance military materials (14 20 centuries), from Old French ordenance] a map which shows all the roads,… …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 — ► NOUN ▪ (in the UK) an official survey organization preparing large scale detailed maps of the whole country. ORIGIN originally prepared by the government department dealing with military stores and materials … English terms dictionary
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
Henry James (Ordnance Survey) — Major General Sir Henry James FRS MRIA RE (1803 ndash; 1877) was the director general of the Ordnance Survey, the British Government mapping agency, from 1854 to 1875. Sir Henry was described by the agency itself as perhaps Ordnance Survey s most … Wikipedia
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