A nice article about the Ordnance Survey ...
Susan Spano
<http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-columnist-sspano,1,5158004.columnist?coll=la-travel-headlines>:
Her World
From here to the future, in maps
# Britain's Ordnance Survey applies the old art of mapmaking to improving
modern life.
"EVERYTHING happens somewhere" would be a good motto for the Ordnance
Survey, Britain's premier mapmaker since 1791 and now a leader in
computerized map resources and their astounding 21st century applications.
The organization, a self-funded agency of the British government,
devotes itself to improving modern life through the use of maps and
stands as proof that the study of geography is alive and well — in
England, at least.
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Americans who have heard of the Ordnance Survey
(www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk) — so named because it began as part of the
British military — may know it because they have gone walking in
England, Scotland or Wales using one of the organization's 470 Explorer
series maps. Designed on a scale of 1:25,000 (which means that 2.5
inches on paper equal a mile on the ground), the Explorer series is
incredibly detailed, showing footpaths and public rights of way, Roman
walls and telephone booths.
Ten years ago, I used the bestselling Ordnance Survey Explorer map of
the glorious English Lake District to find my way from the town of
Keswick to the hamlet of Buttermere, where I knew I would find a
telephone because the map told me so.
Walking and the Ordnance Survey go sock in boot. When Parliament passed
a law in 2000 opening new areas to the public, the organization began
revising Explorer maps to reflect them. The massive remapping project is
to be completed in March.
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http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-spano1jan01,1,4473613.column?coll=la-travel-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true
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