What is ordinance survey map?

Answer 1

During the English civil war Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentarian side discovered that he had great difficulty hitting anything with his artillery.

He realised that the root of the problem was the very poor quality of the available maps of England. When his side won the war and he became a dictator he set up a government controlled and funded organisation to carry out a proper survey of the country. Because it was intended for use by artillery, it was called the Ordnance Survey.

The English decided that one civil war was more than enough, so the artillery never needed these maps, but all sorts of other people did. The O.S. still exists and keeps the maps up to date. Their maps are widely available and very popular.

Answer 2

During the English civil war Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentarian side discovered that he had great difficulty hitting anything with his artillery.

He realised that the root of the problem was the very poor quality of the available maps of England. When his side won the war and he became a dictator he set up a government controlled and funded organisation to carry out a proper survey of the country. Because it was intended for use by artillery, it was called the Ordnance Survey.

The English decided that one civil war was more than enough, so the artillery never needed these maps, but all sorts of other people did. The O.S. still exists and keeps the maps up to date. Their maps are widely available and very popular.

Answer 3

It is a map (referred to as OS map) plotting different points on a map (like a grocery store, or a post office or anything you would find in a small village). It usually has an index to show you what the points mean.

Answer 4

The Ordnace Survey is actually a British government agency, which produces maps, primarily of the lands controlled by the United Kingdom. An American counterpart to the Ordance Survey can be found in the US Geological Survey.

Answer 5

The printed paper maps found in shops are primarily used for leisure pursuits - walking, cycling, running, horse-riding and sightseeing.

Maps in other scales are used for other purposes such as planning construction works, predicting flooding, registering land ownership, recording landscape features and much more. However, these maps are often not a traditional printed 'map' but a large collection of data that is used and interpreted by specialist software.

Answer 6

An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed topographic map covering an area of the United Kingdom. It provides information on features like buildings, roads, rivers, and boundaries, making it useful for navigation, planning, and outdoor activities. Ordnance Survey is the national mapping agency of Great Britain.

Answer 7

it is a map for britain

Answer 8

it is a line