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Elentari Started conversation Jul 23, 2014
Entry: The Ordnance Survey - A87835396
Author: Elentari - U202814
It still needs some links and whatnot, but have at it!
A87835396 - The Ordnance Survey
bobstafford Posted Jul 24, 2014
Excellent work just a little of the early history missing.
The (Board of) Ordinance Survey was the original name. The ordinance was gunnery the defence of the relm.
They needed to know the defensive points and where to put the artillery to cause the most damage. This ment the accurate distances were needed.
Needless to say it proved so useful that every one used it not just the army.
The cadastral plans of Napoleon were the French equivalent and these are still used in France today.
good work well done
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ITIWBS Posted Jul 24, 2014
The US Geological Survey was originally administered by the US Army,
Current USA military maps are calibrated and printed to the same standard as British OS maps.
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Bluebottle Posted Jul 24, 2014
Good old Ordnance Survey – I went there as a child in around 1990 and was given a tour, and was shown they had a fantastic computer programme that had road maps of the UK on, and you could type in two places and it would give you a route map between the two. (It was susceptible to the old Bournemouth/Brighton bug, where if you ask for the best route between Bournemouth and Brighton, it recommends catching the ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight and then from Fishbourne back over to the mainland at Portsmouth. This is quicker, true, but would add up to an extra £150 onto the cost of the journey).
The first OS site in Southampton on Asylum Green is a Grade II listed building, although most of the original buildings were destroyed in the war, and the site is used as the Magistrates Court: http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1339984
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jul 25, 2014
Good Elentari.
I've a few suggestions but I can't post them since the system only allows short postings from mobile phones. I'll be home tomorrow evening and I can do it then.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jul 25, 2014
That was supposed to say Good entry Elentari rather than sounding like a pat on the head.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jul 25, 2014
Actually I could just post them in pieces.
When Roy produced "a magnificent sketch", was this of England, of Great Britain or of Great Britain and Ireland?
Even into late in the twentieth century -->
Even late into the 20th Century
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jul 25, 2014
Since scales nowadays are given as 1 to some large number, I think it would be good to give the old-style scales in this form too. For example you could say "one inch to the mile (1:63,360)"
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Elentari Posted Jul 25, 2014
Thanks all. I'm a bit busy over the next couple of days but I'll get to these amendments when I can.
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Elentari Posted Aug 11, 2014
Hi all - I haven't forgotten, just still busy! I hope to be back to this in a week or two.
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Elentari Posted Aug 29, 2014
I've finally got around to updating this to take account of the comments above. In the process, something funny has happened to the Guide ML and there are extra line spaces showing up which aren't there on the edit page. I still don't know how to edit entries under the new hootoo!
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Aug 29, 2014
Don't edit entries under the new hootoo, as the editor doesn't work yet. Try and do all your editing using the old system.
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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Aug 29, 2014
Don't worry about the extra lines. They are easily removed in the polishing process. I am aware that they are annoying.
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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Aug 29, 2014
And for the Entry. I like its length, it manages to empart enough information, but in a readable style. Informative and interesting, with a succinct conclusion.
It's a pity I no longer own any really old OS maps, I used to have a small collection of interesting places. I guess someone will have some though - and maybe would take a photo of their covers for us?
Anyway, thanks for writing - and equally importantly, returning to update the Entry here.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 13, 2014
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Florida Sailor All is well with the world Posted Sep 13, 2014
I maps, I have always found them fascinating;
Especially when they lead from point 'A' to point 'B'.
Good to see this on its way to the FP
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Peer Review: A87835396 - The Ordnance Survey
- 1: Elentari (Jul 23, 2014)
- 2: bobstafford (Jul 24, 2014)
- 3: ITIWBS (Jul 24, 2014)
- 4: Bluebottle (Jul 24, 2014)
- 5: Gnomon - time to move on (Jul 25, 2014)
- 6: Gnomon - time to move on (Jul 25, 2014)
- 7: Gnomon - time to move on (Jul 25, 2014)
- 8: Gnomon - time to move on (Jul 25, 2014)
- 9: Elentari (Jul 25, 2014)
- 10: Elentari (Aug 11, 2014)
- 11: Elentari (Aug 29, 2014)
- 12: Gnomon - time to move on (Aug 29, 2014)
- 13: Lanzababy - Guide Editor (Aug 29, 2014)
- 14: Lanzababy - Guide Editor (Aug 29, 2014)
- 15: Elentari (Aug 29, 2014)
- 16: h2g2 auto-messages (Sep 12, 2014)
- 17: Bluebottle (Sep 12, 2014)
- 18: bobstafford (Sep 12, 2014)
- 19: Gnomon - time to move on (Sep 13, 2014)
- 20: Florida Sailor All is well with the world (Sep 13, 2014)
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