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Definition of Ordnance survey

1. Noun. The official cartography agency of the British government.

Definition of Ordnance survey

1. Proper noun. (British) Originally the branch of government that produced maps for the military, now a civilian organisation that produces maps worldwide. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordnance Survey

Literary usage of Ordnance survey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1858)
"At that date the ordnance survey was occupied, 1st. In making a survey and a MS. plan of all England and Scotland, excepting only the uncultivated districts ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"My successor, Colonel Hellard, the present Director-General, is here now, and he will be able to speak for the ordnance survey in that matter. ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"ordnance survey MAPS. § Eastern archipelago, eastern portion. ... ordnance survey MAPS. following is a list of the various ordnance survey Maps of the ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"I propose in this paper to give a short summary of the work done by the Ordnance Survey Department in the period of nearly twelve years, from October 1887 ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... and other Photographic Processes employed at the ordnance survey Office,' 4to, 1870. Hi. 'Notes on the Parallel Roads of Lochaber,' with map and ..."

6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1887)
"The ordnance survey had not contributed as freely as it might have done towards the improvement of cartography. Government might fairly be called upon to ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"By Captain AR CLAUSE, RE, FRS, &c., under the Direction of Colonel Sir HENKY JAMES, RE, FRS, &c., Director of the ordnance survey. Received November 15 ..."

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