Ordnance Survey marks 220 years of mapping

Name: Ordnance Survey marks 220 years of mapping
Uploaded: 2011-06-21T06:15:53.000Z
Description: Tim Muffett plots the history of the organisation that was established to map England's south coast.

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Ordnance Survey was created in 1791 when, fearing a French invasion, the government wanted to map the south coast of England.

The organisation no longer has a strictly military purpose, and as Tim Muffett reports, it is moving with the times.

21 June 2011