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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORDNANCE SURVEY

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Ordnance Survey is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ORDNANCE SURVEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey is the national mapping agency for Great Britain and is one of the world's largest producers of maps. It is a non-ministerial government department, executive agency and trading fund of the Government of the United Kingdom, where it falls under the remit of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. It is also a member of the Public Data Group. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose: mapping Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rebellion in 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars, reflected in the inclusion of the War Department's broad arrow in the agency's logo. Ordnance Survey mapping is usually classified as either "large-scale" or "small-scale". The Survey's large-scale mapping comprises maps at six inches to the mile or more and was available as sheets until the 1980s, when it was digitised. Small-scale mapping comprises maps at fewer than six inches to the mile, such as the popular one inch to the mile "leisure" maps and their metric successors. These are still available in traditional sheet form.

Definition of Ordnance Survey in the English dictionary

The definition of Ordnance Survey in the dictionary is the official map-making body of the British or Irish government.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORDNANCE SURVEY

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Ordnance Corps
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Ordnance Survey map
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Ordovician
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ORDNANCE SURVEY

aerial survey
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Garvey
Geological Survey
Harvey
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Synonyms and antonyms of Ordnance Survey in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Ordnance Survey» into 25 languages

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地形测量
1,325 millions of speakers

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Ordnance Survey
570 millions of speakers

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Ordnance Survey
510 millions of speakers

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आयुध सर्वेक्षण
380 millions of speakers
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مسح الذخائر
280 millions of speakers

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Картографическое
278 millions of speakers

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Ordnance Survey
270 millions of speakers

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অর্ডিন্যান্স সার্ভে
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Ordnance Survey
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Kajian Ordnance
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Landesvermessungsamt
180 millions of speakers

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武器調査
130 millions of speakers

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병기 조사
85 millions of speakers

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Survey Ordnance
85 millions of speakers
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Ordnance Survey
80 millions of speakers

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ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸ்
75 millions of speakers

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आयुध सर्वेक्षण
75 millions of speakers

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Mücadele Anketi
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Ordnance Survey
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Ordnance Survey
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картографічне
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Ordnance Survey
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Η Ordnance Survey
15 millions of speakers
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Ordnance Survey
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Ordnance Survey
10 millions of speakers
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Ordnance Survey
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORDNANCE SURVEY»

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Map Of A Nation: A Biography Of The Ordnance Survey
Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map – the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles.
Rachel Hewitt, 2011
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Index to Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Series: People ...
Finally available, this is an indispensable index to the magnificent forty volume series that is the 1830-1840 Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland.
Patrick McWilliams, 2002
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Map Addict: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge and the Ordnance Survey
They are the unsung heroes of life, and this guide sings their song. There are some fine, dry tomes out there about the history and development of cartography: this is not one of them.
Mike Parker, 2010
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Ordnance Survey: fifth report of session 2007-08, report, ...
the fact that Ordnance Survey is required to fund both its Public Task and commercial work entirely from its own revenues makes it difficult to define precisely where its public duty ends and its competition with private operations begins. l4.
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee, 2008
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Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland: Vol. 13: Parishes of ...
This volume contains the Memoirs for 10 parishes and granges in county Antrim, and takes us on a journey from the coastal towns of Glenarm and Carnlough up through Cushendall and the fabled Glens, inland towards Loughguile in the west, and ...
Angélique Day, Patrick McWilliams, 1992
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Planning maps published by the Ordnance Survey on a scale of ...
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, Great Britain. Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Great Britain. Dept. of Health for Scotland. H NOTE ON THE SERIES PLANNING MAPS These maps of Great Britain are produced in two sheets, are on ...
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, Great Britain. Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Great Britain. Dept. of Health for Scotland, 1958
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Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland
In these new editions they act as a 19th century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of their communities.
Angélique Day, Patrick McWilliams, 1991
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The Irish Ordnance Survey: History, Culture and Memory
This is a cultural and intellectual history of the Ordnance Survey, which mapped Ireland from 1824 to 1846.
Gillian M. Doherty, 2006
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Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland: Vol. 15: Parishes of Co. ...
This volume contains the Memoirs for the town and extensive parish of Dungiven in the Upper Roe Valley.
Angélique Day, Patrick McWilliams, 1992
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Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland: Vol. 11: Parishes of Co. ...
This volume contains the Memoirs for the parishes of Aghanloo, Dunboe, and Magilligan, a coastal region in the lower Roe Valley of county Londonderry which includes the important seat of Down Hill.
Angélique Day, Patrick McWilliams, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORDNANCE SURVEY»

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Go walk: Kingdom come, with little effort - Crohane Mountain, Co Kerry
Map: Ordnance Survey. Discovery Series. Sheet 79. Start & finish: At the junction of a boreen and the third-class road that leads from the N22 to ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Cork's vintage 'high-status' home hits the market at €1.2m
The house dates from around 1750 and the historical Ordnance Survey maps indicate it was previously known as Malmaison. This might have ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Minecraft: Exeter and East Devon painstakingly recreated
Inspired by the famously detailed Ordnance Survey map of Great Britain, The British Geological Society has painstakingly reproduced the ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
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Josiah Mortimer :Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Where Should …
Ordnance Survey put this point in 2000 as Lindley Hall Farm in Leicestershire, near the larger cities of Leicester and Coventry. • A touring ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Fascinating tale of forgotten Thatto Heath history
After research in ordnance survey maps and press cuttings from the Liverpool mercury, he began to put together the story, of which there seemed to be little ... «St Helens Star, Jul 15»
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Modern Artist Angela Palmer on Sculpting From Science
As for mapping, it is an area which has long captivated me, starting with ordnance survey maps in geography lessons at school. There's a ... «Inverse, Jul 15»
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Geovation programme helps kick-start start-ups
The Geovation Programme, which runs out of Ordnance Survey's recently opened Geovation Hub, offers developers, innovators and ... «E&T magazine, Jul 15»
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OGC seeks sponsors for FutureCities Pilot
Ordnance Survey, a Strategic Member of the OGC, has long used open standards and contributed to their development. As one of the sponsors ... «DirectionsMag.com, Jul 15»
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North Devon recreated in Minecraft
The map is crafted using Ordnance Survey data and soil material data which has been translated into the basic Minecraft blocks including ... «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»
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On the right path with OS Maps
Ordnance Survey has produced a new off-road sat-nav style router in its OS Maps application that covers Britain's 15 National Parks. «GISuser.com, Jul 15»

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