Ordnance Survey

noun

the official map-making body of the British or Irish government

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How to use Ordnance Survey in a sentence

There are many excellent maps issued, but it is best to go to the fountainhead, to the publications of the Ordnance Survey.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. Salmon
The Ordnance Survey maps in England are somewhat of an approach thereto, but they are in no way as interesting to study.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
On leaving college in 1824 he received a post in the Ordnance Survey, but gradually drifted into engineering work.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 | Various
(it is not, I believe, marked on the Ordnance Survey;) and would it be possible to traverse it at the present time?
Notes & Queries, No. 43, Saturday, August 24, 1850 | Various
The Ordnance Survey, too, no longer depends on the war office but upon the board of agriculture and fisheries.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6 | Various

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