Ordnance Survey
Britishnoun
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An Ordnance Survey map from the 19th Century shows the exact location of the burial ground.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025
Her bicycle was found by Ordnance Survey workers lying in a field on the Metton to Roughton road an hour after she left home.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024
The company has recently signed a £5.5m partnership with the UK - funded by the UK Space Agency - to provide satellite data on methane emissions to UK organisations such as Ordnance Survey.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023
This is an experimental dataset from the Ordnance Survey describing the geography of shopping across Great Britain.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2022
Last summer on sunny days I cycled as far as Ordnance Survey Map 150'd let me.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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