Ordnance Survey
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title:
Ordnance Survey
text:
The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose, which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars. Since 1 April 2015, the Ordnance Survey has operated as Ordnance Survey Ltd, a government-owned company, 100% in public ownership. The Ordnance Survey Board remains accounta
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description:
National mapping agency for Great Britain
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey
date created:
2002-09-13T14:05:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T14:35:50Z
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