Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. It is the national mapping agency for Great Britain {{ref|GB}}, and one of the world's largest producers of maps. In addition to producing a wide range of maps of Great Britain, the organisation is also working in over sixty countries worldwide.

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Executive agency - United Kingdom - Great Britain - Map

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The roots of Great Britain's Ordnance Survey (OS) go back to 1747, when King George II of England commissioned a military survey of the Scottish highlands following the Jacobite revolt of 1745. William Roy was the engineer responsible for this pioneering work; one of the staff involved was noted artist Paul Sandby. It was not until 1790 that the Board of Ordnance (the predecessor of the Ministry of Defence) began a national military survey starting with the south coast of England in anticipation of a French invasion.{{inote| - References have been added retrospecively. The majority of the information on this page can be found on the Official Homepage, as per References list - specifically at http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/history/}}

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Great Britain - 1747 - George II of England - Scottish highlands - Jacobite - 1745 - William Roy - Paul Sandby - 1790 - Board of Ordnance - Ministry of Defence - England - French

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